Slavery

ACCESS TO JUSTICE: CRIN's submission for the Special Rapporteur on slavery's thematic report

lratledge — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:13:04 +0000

CRIN's contribution for the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery's upcoming report on access to justice.

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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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C.N. and V. v. France

Denitsa — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:21:48 +0000

Case concerning two children held in domestic servitude in France.

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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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EUROPE: Tackling violence against children

Victor — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:05:45 +0000

A report from Augeo Foundation and the Dutch Children's Ombudsman on tackling violence against children in Europe, to coincide with the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children's 2015 theme of Violence against Children.

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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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SENEGAL: First steps taken to eradicate forced child begging in Quranic schools

Victor — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:56:36 +0000

A committee of African human rights experts agreed that Senegal must work to stop children in Quranic schools being forced to beg for food and money after two postgraduate students compiled a complaint on behalf of the exploited children.

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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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LABOUR RIGHTS: Child labour and protecting working children

Victor — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:23:24 +0000

Ahead of the World Day against Child Labour on 12 June, CRIN looks at whether in countries where child workers will work with or without labour protections, is a blanket ban on child work the best way of guaranteeing children's interests?

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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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CHILD LABOUR: Child domestic workers - the dawn of a new Convention?

jthomas — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:19:43 +0000

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INDE : des centaines d'enfants esclaves secourus par la police

Louise — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:08:02 +0000

Selon les chiffres officiels, 4 millions d'enfants indiens travaillent en tant que domestiques, dans des restaurants et dans des usines de confection de vêtements, mais les défenseurs des droits des enfants estiment que ce nombre est sous-évalué.

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INDIA: Police rescues hundreds of trafficked child slaves from bangle-making workshop

jonas — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:40:30 +0000

Most of the the children were trafficked away from their impoverished parents in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in exchange for 5,000 rupees ($80) as payment.

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INDIA: Report on (child) slavery in textile production leads to action

jonas — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:38:03 +0000

Indian politicans are reacting to a recent report on the situation of child slavery in spinning mills.

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CHILD SLAVERY: Call to put child slavery on agenda of UN Sustainable Development Goals

jonas — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:18:37 +0000

A coalition of organisations is inviting signatures to a petition which will be delivered to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

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