Latest items for TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls. However, in our research we found no case where an ISIS member has been prosecuted or convicted for those specific crimes. Moreover, the crimes committed against Yezidi women and girls amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity or genocide against the Yezidis. However, Iraq does not criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. ISIS suspects are instead charged with violating provision 4 of the counterterrorism law, primarily for ISIS membership, support, sympathy, or assistance. However, this approach...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls. However, in our research we found no case where an ISIS member has been prosecuted or convicted for those specific crimes. Moreover, the crimes committed against Yezidi women and girls amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity or genocide against the Yezidis. However, Iraq does not criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. ISIS suspects are instead charged with violating provision 4 of the counterterrorism law, primarily for ISIS membership, support, sympathy, or assistance. However, this approach...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts of the State party to raise awareness on combating trafficking, including through the dissemination of information on legal provisions for the protection of victims of trafficking in persons to legal officials, awareness-raising campaigns and training programmes for judges, judicial staff, the police, and staff of the General Directorate for National Security on identifying and assisting victims of trafficking. The Committee remains concerned, however, that there is insufficient protection for victims of trafficking, including the availability of specific shelters for victims of trafficking. The Committee also notes with concern the lack of information on the identification and registration of migrant victims, specifically women and...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts of the State party to raise awareness on combating trafficking, including through the dissemination of information on legal provisions for the protection of victims of trafficking in persons to legal officials, awareness-raising campaigns and training programmes for judges, judicial staff, the police, and staff of the General Directorate for National Security on identifying and assisting victims of trafficking. The Committee remains concerned, however, that there is insufficient protection for victims of trafficking, including the availability of specific shelters for victims of trafficking. The Committee also notes with concern the lack of information on the identification and registration of migrant victims, specifically women and...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to support the rights of victims of human trafficking and facilitate their access to judicial protection, women and children’s care units created by the courts take in victims and send them to care units at medical facilities for treatment and documentation of medical evidence. Where needed, they are provided with escorts and put in touch with counselling centres or shelters" (12). "With regard to paragraphs 23 and 45 of the Concluding Observations, Morocco adopted a national strategy to combat human trafficking in 2007 and has taken legal and practical measures to punish perpetrators and protect victims. In 2011, it ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to support the rights of victims of human trafficking and facilitate their access to judicial protection, women and children’s care units created by the courts take in victims and send them to care units at medical facilities for treatment and documentation of medical evidence. Where needed, they are provided with escorts and put in touch with counselling centres or shelters" (12). "With regard to paragraphs 23 and 45 of the Concluding Observations, Morocco adopted a national strategy to combat human trafficking in 2007 and has taken legal and practical measures to punish perpetrators and protect victims. In 2011, it ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:56 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:53 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption and establishment of the following... (b) Strategic Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (2016–2022)" (2). "The Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party has failed to adopt comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in line with international standards, although it is a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in women and girls, and the lack of statistical data on the extent of trafficking and its root causes, including in humanitarian settings... (c) The underreporting of and...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption and establishment of the following... (b) Strategic Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (2016–2022)" (2). "The Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party has failed to adopt comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in line with international standards, although it is a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in women and girls, and the lack of statistical data on the extent of trafficking and its root causes, including in humanitarian settings... (c) The underreporting of and...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The government routinely denies or otherwise downplays the existence of slavery in Mauritania" (5).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The government routinely denies or otherwise downplays the existence of slavery in Mauritania" (5).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Girasoles initiative, run by the Civic Centres for Peace programme of the Directorate for the Promotion of Peace and Civic Harmony, is aimed at young mothers and socially vulnerable young women who are not in education or employment, and is intended to prevent forms of violence such as trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The initiative is based on a model developed by the Paniamor Foundation with funds from the Embassy of the United States of America. The initiative is in the process of being rolled out" (5). "With regard to the recommendation that Costa Rica allocate resources to ensure that women and girls who are victims of trafficking receive...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Girasoles initiative, run by the Civic Centres for Peace programme of the Directorate for the Promotion of Peace and Civic Harmony, is aimed at young mothers and socially vulnerable young women who are not in education or employment, and is intended to prevent forms of violence such as trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The initiative is based on a model developed by the Paniamor Foundation with funds from the Embassy of the United States of America. The initiative is in the process of being rolled out" (5). "With regard to the recommendation that Costa Rica allocate resources to ensure that women and girls who are victims of trafficking receive...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Escaped North Koreans returned to Kim's clutches face a living hell of rape and torture-induced miscarriages, where newborns are murdered and the elderly beaten to death" (Para 1). "Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Escaped North Koreans returned to Kim's clutches face a living hell of rape and torture-induced miscarriages, where newborns are murdered and the elderly beaten to death" (Para 1). "Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Regarding paragraph 13 (f), on awareness-raising campaigns to inform women and girls about their rights, the following campaigns, conducted collectively between 2016 and 2019 by public institutions, aid agencies and civil society organizations, are highlighted: (a) I am a Woman and Living without Violence is my Right, for the prevention of human trafficking, domestic and intrafamily violence and femicide... (f) Against human trafficking: Score a Goal against Trafficking; Report Trafficking – the Only Option; and the Blue Heart Campaign" (12). "Regarding paragraph 25 (b) on comprehensive care provided to victims of trafficking, in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Commission identified 490 new victims (292 women and 152 girls)...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Regarding paragraph 13 (f), on awareness-raising campaigns to inform women and girls about their rights, the following campaigns, conducted collectively between 2016 and 2019 by public institutions, aid agencies and civil society organizations, are highlighted: (a) I am a Woman and Living without Violence is my Right, for the prevention of human trafficking, domestic and intrafamily violence and femicide... (f) Against human trafficking: Score a Goal against Trafficking; Report Trafficking – the Only Option; and the Blue Heart Campaign" (12). "Regarding paragraph 25 (b) on comprehensive care provided to victims of trafficking, in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Commission identified 490 new victims (292 women and 152 girls)...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:52 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Videos of Christy Gold’s 45th birthday party were posted in May last year on an Instagram account that showcases her glamorous lifestyle, months after Gold fled Nigeria, where she was facing sex trafficking charges. Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her" (para 2-3). "Fatima Waziri-Azi, director general of Nigeria’s...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Videos of Christy Gold’s 45th birthday party were posted in May last year on an Instagram account that showcases her glamorous lifestyle, months after Gold fled Nigeria, where she was facing sex trafficking charges. Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her" (para 2-3). "Fatima Waziri-Azi, director general of Nigeria’s...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Emirati authorities do little to protect these women, according to anti-trafficking activists, Nigerian authorities and interviews with trafficked women" (para 9). "The UAE made sex trafficking a crime in 2006 and has established an interagency anti-trafficking panel and opened shelters for survivors. The U.S. State Department said in 2022 that the UAE has made 'significant efforts' to combat human trafficking but still falls short in key areas – including failing to 'consistently screen vulnerable populations for trafficking indicators, which may have penalized some victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit, such as immigration or ‘prostitution’ violations'" (para 25). "It was here, according to interviews and court statements, that...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Emirati authorities do little to protect these women, according to anti-trafficking activists, Nigerian authorities and interviews with trafficked women" (para 9). "The UAE made sex trafficking a crime in 2006 and has established an interagency anti-trafficking panel and opened shelters for survivors. The U.S. State Department said in 2022 that the UAE has made 'significant efforts' to combat human trafficking but still falls short in key areas – including failing to 'consistently screen vulnerable populations for trafficking indicators, which may have penalized some victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit, such as immigration or ‘prostitution’ violations'" (para 25). "It was here, according to interviews and court statements, that...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'"(para 1-2). "The rights experts - who report to the Human Rights Council – cited reports suggesting the involvement of religious authorities and the complicity of security forces and the justice system; although they also acknowledged that Pakistan had already made efforts to...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'"(para 1-2). "The rights experts - who report to the Human Rights Council – cited reports suggesting the involvement of religious authorities and the complicity of security forces and the justice system; although they also acknowledged that Pakistan had already made efforts to...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:09 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2017, for the first time, an analysis of State and administrative (departmental) statistics on gender discrimination was carried out, with a focus on violence and human trafficking. Based on the results of the analysis, the forms for recording and reporting such acts were improved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Procurator, the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court and the National Statistical Committee. Updated reporting forms have been introduced through the following departmental acts: Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 963 of 13 November 2017 approving the forms for departmental reporting on protection orders that have been issued in respect of perpetrators of domestic violence...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2017, for the first time, an analysis of State and administrative (departmental) statistics on gender discrimination was carried out, with a focus on violence and human trafficking. Based on the results of the analysis, the forms for recording and reporting such acts were improved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the Procurator, the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court and the National Statistical Committee. Updated reporting forms have been introduced through the following departmental acts: Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 963 of 13 November 2017 approving the forms for departmental reporting on protection orders that have been issued in respect of perpetrators of domestic violence...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• Combating trafficking in persons • Law enforcement activities to combat trafficking in persons: issues to be addressed and practical problems" (p. 7-8). "In 2021, the civil society organization Femida was contacted by 19...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• Combating trafficking in persons • Law enforcement activities to combat trafficking in persons: issues to be addressed and practical problems" (p. 7-8). "In 2021, the civil society organization Femida was contacted by 19...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:21 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
“Despite these deeply troubling and consuming emotions, the victim bravely approached the police after being tricked into appearing in porn. But in a horror turn of events, and one she had never expected, she alleges authorities turned her away, stating she had signed a contract. She was informed that under the deal she had signed, she had to make at least two more films before she break her contract. Goto said: 'When she went to talk to the police they said "Why not just do it? Only two more times, right?" which is so unbelievable'’ (para 41-44). "But despite the law, Japanese adult film remains a murky, grey area that...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
“Despite these deeply troubling and consuming emotions, the victim bravely approached the police after being tricked into appearing in porn. But in a horror turn of events, and one she had never expected, she alleges authorities turned her away, stating she had signed a contract. She was informed that under the deal she had signed, she had to make at least two more films before she break her contract. Goto said: 'When she went to talk to the police they said "Why not just do it? Only two more times, right?" which is so unbelievable'’ (para 41-44). "But despite the law, Japanese adult film remains a murky, grey area that...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:51 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Several arrests have been made across the Nigerian states in which the practice is prevalent" (para 27).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Several arrests have been made across the Nigerian states in which the practice is prevalent" (para 27).
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned about the continued lack of comprehensive information and data on trafficking in women and girls in the State party. It also notes with concern: the prevalence of trafficking in women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation, which often occurs online; that victim identification, referral to appropriate services and follow-up on trafficking cases are scattered among different government agencies and civil society organizations and implemented mostly in the form of temporary schemes; the lack of understanding among public bodies about human trafficking and victim identification, which can expose trafficking victims to deportation and the risk of retrafficking, and that the number of lawyers specialized in trafficking...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee is concerned about the continued lack of comprehensive information and data on trafficking in women and girls in the State party. It also notes with concern: the prevalence of trafficking in women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation, which often occurs online; that victim identification, referral to appropriate services and follow-up on trafficking cases are scattered among different government agencies and civil society organizations and implemented mostly in the form of temporary schemes; the lack of understanding among public bodies about human trafficking and victim identification, which can expose trafficking victims to deportation and the risk of retrafficking, and that the number of lawyers specialized in trafficking...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-3
"The first hint that something was wrong came when Jacqueline Diaz received a call at work from a friend. 'You need to come here, to my shop, now. It’s urgent,' she was told. Diaz rushed to her friend’s shop in La Paz, Bolivia, where she found her daughter, Michelle, who was 12 at the time, crying and in shock. That morning, on her way to school, a van had pulled up, the door opened and two men pulled her inside before speeding off. Michelle managed to escape by jumping out of the vehicle when it slowed down going over an unpaved section of road. When she stopped running, she recognised...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-3
"The first hint that something was wrong came when Jacqueline Diaz received a call at work from a friend. 'You need to come here, to my shop, now. It’s urgent,' she was told. Diaz rushed to her friend’s shop in La Paz, Bolivia, where she found her daughter, Michelle, who was 12 at the time, crying and in shock. That morning, on her way to school, a van had pulled up, the door opened and two men pulled her inside before speeding off. Michelle managed to escape by jumping out of the vehicle when it slowed down going over an unpaved section of road. When she stopped running, she recognised...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:17 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
“Despite these deeply troubling and consuming emotions, the victim bravely approached the police after being tricked into appearing in porn. But in a horror turn of events, and one she had never expected, she alleges authorities turned her away, stating she had signed a contract. She was informed that under the deal she had signed, she had to make at least two more films before she break her contract. Goto said: 'When she went to talk to the police they said "Why not just do it? Only two more times, right?" which is so unbelievable'’ (para 41-44). "But despite the law, Japanese adult film remains a murky, grey area that...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
“Despite these deeply troubling and consuming emotions, the victim bravely approached the police after being tricked into appearing in porn. But in a horror turn of events, and one she had never expected, she alleges authorities turned her away, stating she had signed a contract. She was informed that under the deal she had signed, she had to make at least two more films before she break her contract. Goto said: 'When she went to talk to the police they said "Why not just do it? Only two more times, right?" which is so unbelievable'’ (para 41-44). "But despite the law, Japanese adult film remains a murky, grey area that...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following…[n]ational strategy for the prevention of trafficking in persons for the period 2014–2020, in 2013...The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous reports, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments...Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, in 2008 [and] Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following…[n]ational strategy for the prevention of trafficking in persons for the period 2014–2020, in 2013...The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous reports, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments...Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, in 2008 [and] Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Part III of the Trafficking in Persons Law requires the Government to investigate cases: (a) take all necessary steps to identify victims of trafficking (b) provide reasonable protection to such victims to prevent their recapture, and (c) take reasonable measures to secure the victim’s family against threats of intimidation by the traffickers. Victims are never arrested or detained instead they are offered protective care under the Human Services Department. These range from 24-hour security to placement. In 2021, nine victims received protection from the Government. The Government partners with foster parents, shelters or government administered care facilities to place them" (29). "A Social Worker attached to the Human Services Department...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Part III of the Trafficking in Persons Law requires the Government to investigate cases: (a) take all necessary steps to identify victims of trafficking (b) provide reasonable protection to such victims to prevent their recapture, and (c) take reasonable measures to secure the victim’s family against threats of intimidation by the traffickers. Victims are never arrested or detained instead they are offered protective care under the Human Services Department. These range from 24-hour security to placement. In 2021, nine victims received protection from the Government. The Government partners with foster parents, shelters or government administered care facilities to place them" (29). "A Social Worker attached to the Human Services Department...more
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:58 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, the Women’s Department under the BA1 Project signed a memorandum of understanding with BELTRAIDE’s Small Business Development Centre and its Belize Training and Employment Centre to provide skills training and micro-financing to 250 urban and rural women at risk of being victims of genderbased violence or trafficking" (22). "Also, in addition to shelter and protection support for victims of Trafficking, the National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan (2018–2020) added psychosocial support to its mandate" (27). "The Belize Tourism Board (BTB), a member agency of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council (ATiPs ) Council, continues to adhere to the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) Code of Conduct which covers different types...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, the Women’s Department under the BA1 Project signed a memorandum of understanding with BELTRAIDE’s Small Business Development Centre and its Belize Training and Employment Centre to provide skills training and micro-financing to 250 urban and rural women at risk of being victims of genderbased violence or trafficking" (22). "Also, in addition to shelter and protection support for victims of Trafficking, the National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan (2018–2020) added psychosocial support to its mandate" (27). "The Belize Tourism Board (BTB), a member agency of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council (ATiPs ) Council, continues to adhere to the End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT) Code of Conduct which covers different types...more
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:57 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a workshop was conducted for Community and Institutional Journalists and Communicators. The training covered Integrated Prevention and Assistance to Victims of gender-based violence, Women at risk for Violence Against Women, Trafficking in Persons and Femicide" (13). "The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council (ATiP) compositing per the legislation is multi-sectoral in nature and according to section 5 (6) should include the following members: Chaired by Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs; Representative of the Ministry responsible for foreign affairs; Representative of the Ministry responsible for national security; Representative of the Attorney General’s Ministry; Representative of the Ministry responsible for Health; Representative of...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2015, a workshop was conducted for Community and Institutional Journalists and Communicators. The training covered Integrated Prevention and Assistance to Victims of gender-based violence, Women at risk for Violence Against Women, Trafficking in Persons and Femicide" (13). "The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council (ATiP) compositing per the legislation is multi-sectoral in nature and according to section 5 (6) should include the following members: Chaired by Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs; Representative of the Ministry responsible for foreign affairs; Representative of the Ministry responsible for national security; Representative of the Attorney General’s Ministry; Representative of the Ministry responsible for Health; Representative of...more
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons established a special temporary shelter for adult migrant women who have been victims of crimes involving sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking. As at April 2021, it had assisted 51 people...The Social Welfare Secretariat applied a comprehensive care model for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking in persons and a protocol for inter-agency coordination to protect and provide care to victims of trafficking in persons. It established a specialized programme for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking. The programme, which has two residences located in Guatemala City and Coatepeque, has assisted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons established a special temporary shelter for adult migrant women who have been victims of crimes involving sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking. As at April 2021, it had assisted 51 people...The Social Welfare Secretariat applied a comprehensive care model for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking in persons and a protocol for inter-agency coordination to protect and provide care to victims of trafficking in persons. It established a specialized programme for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking. The programme, which has two residences located in Guatemala City and Coatepeque, has assisted...more
July 18, 2024, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In July 2019, the Public Prosecution Service, the Office of the Counsel General and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security formed the Inter-agency Coordination Office against Labour Exploitation and Child Labour, to jointly address trafficking in persons in the forms of labour exploitation, forced labour and child labour. In 2020, the Coordination Office was joined by the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons, and the mechanism became official. The main areas of action are: (a) detection, (b) assistance to victims and (c) victim referral. The main actions implemented include: (a) inter-agency guidelines on how to detect and handle cases; (b) a platform for handling and receiving...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In July 2019, the Public Prosecution Service, the Office of the Counsel General and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security formed the Inter-agency Coordination Office against Labour Exploitation and Child Labour, to jointly address trafficking in persons in the forms of labour exploitation, forced labour and child labour. In 2020, the Coordination Office was joined by the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons, and the mechanism became official. The main areas of action are: (a) detection, (b) assistance to victims and (c) victim referral. The main actions implemented include: (a) inter-agency guidelines on how to detect and handle cases; (b) a platform for handling and receiving...more