Trafficking

UNITED STATES: Decriminalising children exploited for prostitution is not 'legalisation'

Victor — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:12:48 +0000

The internet has been ablaze over the last few weeks after incendiary comments from California lawmaker Travis Allen about his state 'legalising child prostitution'. Here are a few reasons why he is so wrong.

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2016 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Robin — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:51:34 +0000

Forum title: "Leadership and Leverage: Embedding human rights in the rules and relationships that drive the global economy"

Click here to apply to register for the Forum. There is no registration fee. Registration takes approximately 5 mins. You must first create a user account before entering the participant(s) details.

See the draft programme here. The Forum will examine 3 main areas:

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EUROPE : Plus de 10.000 enfants migrants non accompagnés portés disparus

Louise — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:24:30 +0000

Plus de 10.000 enfants migrants non accompagnés ont disparu en Europe sur les 18 à 24 derniers mois, a affirmé dimanche l'agence de coordination policière Europol, craignant que nombre d'entre eux soient exploités, notamment sexuellement, par le crime organisé.

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UNITED STATES: Supreme Court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit

Victor — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:25:15 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Nestle SA and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the use of child slaves in Ivory Coast.

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TRAITE DES ENFANTS : Nestlé, Mars et Hershey’s visés par une plainte collective

Louise — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:12:38 +0000

Les groupes Nestlé, Hershey’s et Mars sont visés par trois plaintes collectives (class actions) déposées à la fin de septembre en Californie. Motif : la traite et le travail forcé des enfants dans les plantations de Côte d’Ivoire.

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TRAFFICKING: Research points to serious mental health impact on trafficked children

Victor — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:22:16 +0000

Children as young as 10 have attempted suicide or suffered serious mental health problems after being trafficked as sex slaves or forced labourers, researchers said yesterday.

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UN: Children's rights and the Human Rights Committee

ssaliba — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:42:20 +0000

While civil and political rights are recognised specifically for children in the CRC, the review by the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) of State obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides a strong platform to further elaborate children’s civil and political rights.

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IRAQ: Islamic State circulates sex slave price list

Victor — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:59:21 +0000

A printed list of prices for buying and selling women and children as slaves from within the Islamic State has been confirmed as genuine by a senior United Nations official.

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FOOT : Trafic de mineurs africains vers le Laos

Louise — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:38:24 +0000

Des jeunes footballeurs africains de 14 ans ont été victimes de trafic vers le Laos où ils vivaient des conditions « déplorables et inquiétantes ». L'Ong Culture Foot Solidaire estime que 15 000 joueurs adolescents sont emmenés hors d'Afrique de l'Ouest chaque année.

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MEXICO: Authorities fail to protect children & adults with disabilities from torture, trafficking & segregation

Victor — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:12:40 +0000

This report by Disability Rights International focuses on an institution for children and adults with disabilities where sexual abuse, sterilisation, trafficking, inadequate medical care and degrading living conditions are rampant. Yet authorities allow such a place to continue operating without interference.

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TRAFFICKING: Young African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos

Victor — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:00:24 +0000

Boys from West Africa as young as 14 have been 'trafficked' to an unregistered football academy in Laos, where they are given no salary and made to sleep in 'deplorable' accommodation. One NGO, Culture Foot Solidaire, estimates that 15,000 teenage footballers are moved out of West Africa every year - many of them illegally.

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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF

Victor — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:52:29 +0000

Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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COMITÉ AFRICAIN D'EXPERTS : le Sénégal viole les droits des enfants talibés

Louise — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:02:43 +0000

Le Comité africain d'experts sur les droits et le bien-être de l'enfant a rendu sa décision sur le cas des enfants talibés.

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OPEN LETTER: Call for action to stop repeated human tragedies in the Mediterranean

jonas — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:38:05 +0000

The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children appeals to all national governments, the European Union, and the International Community to act.

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ITALY: Children's Rights References in the Universal Periodic Review

ssaliba — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:59:57 +0000

A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the second Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National report', the 'Compilation of UN information' and the 'Summary of stakeholder information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.

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