Child Marriages Banned in Virginia
Child marriages banned in Virginia. A new law in that state sets the minimum age to wed at 18, or 16 if a child is emancipated by court order. Parents…
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Child marriages banned in Virginia. A new law in that state sets the minimum age to wed at 18, or 16 if a child is emancipated by court order. Parents…
…another report, and another annual demand to end trafficking, is released from the State Department on trafficking in persons and with it comes shocking accounts of abuses around the world:…
The pickpocket slaves of Europe have prompted a major international investigation by the Netherlands regarding the plague of forced child pickpockets in Europe… In Eastern Europe, children are living what…
…Human Trafficking. “Organs which are commonly traded are kidneys, liver, and the like,” the organization says. “Any organ which can be removed and used could be the subject of such…
…to the country. ILO, International Labour Organization, last May explained the establishment of a commission of Inquiry if Qatar didn’t take steps to reform… That sort of commission is one…
…Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights, International Labor Rights Forum, and Human Rights Watch… The complaint against the International Finance Corporation (IFC) was filed with the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, an independent…
In one large city, more than 1,000 North Korean workers are toiling in factories, construction sites, restaurants and medical clinics, helping to keep money coming into the regime back home……
…than similar periods last year under the military-dominated government. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that Suu Kyi “has the responsibility and opportunity to halt these violations”….
…Authorities say 3,266 people were identified last year as victims of modern slavery compared with 946 in 2011… The figures from the National Referral Mechanism–a government safeguarding framework that aims…
Myanmar’s downgrade. It is fairly clear that Myanmar should ramp up efforts to combat trafficking since the United States’ rated them as one of the world’s worst countries for modern…
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