By Naomi Zacharias In doing a little research today, I came across articles like this BBC story referencing 2012 UK government reports on the growing number of victims of human trafficking. This problem is not limited to one country, and it continues to be a global plague rather than that of any one nation. Continue Reading →
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National Human Rights Day
by Sarah On December 10, 1948, world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly and affirmed the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all people. In adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the international community committed to building a world where all people are “born free and equal in dignity and rights” Continue Reading →
Stories of Trafficking Victims on the Big Screen?
by Sarah This past weekend, my husband and I saw Skyfall, the newest James Bond movie. As I sat in the theater snacking on overpriced candies, a startling story unfolded on the large screen. In this version of the Bond franchise, Daniel Craig’s character meets Severine, a victim of sex trafficking. She was sold at Continue Reading →
International Response to UN Call to Legalize Prostitution
by Naomi In an article released yesterday in The African Bulletin, human rights specialist Caroline Achieng Otieno discusses the reaction in Kenya to the July 2012 UN proposal to globally legalize prostitution. In its proposal, the UN urged the rest of the world to follow suit in the name of safety and regulations that could Continue Reading →
UN Panel Recommends Legalizing Prostitution Worldwide
by Sarah A new report released by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law recommends that nations around the world should legalize prostitution and intravenous drugs in order to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS. The panel “forcefully calls for governments, civil society and international bodies” to, among other things, repeal all laws Continue Reading →
Women Describe Their Ordeal at the Hands of Traffickers
by Sarah A group of Bangladeshi women who were illegally taken into India three years ago have been describing their ordeal at the hands of human traffickers. Most of these women were forced into prostitution in the Indian cities of Mumbai and Pune. Around 48 women and a child were rescued by an Indian non-governmental Continue Reading →
2012 Trafficking in Persons Report
by Sarah The U.S. Department of State released the first Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report in 2001 as mandated by Congress in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. It is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking as well as assess their actions to confront and Continue Reading →
27 Million Enslaved Around the World
by: Sarah I had a moment not too long ago where I stopped in my tracks, quite literally. I was out to dinner with friends and the television set hanging in the corner of the restaurant caught my eye. A news ticker scrolled at the bottom of the screen and listed statistics released by the Continue Reading →
Human Trafficking in Cambodia: Wellspring Visits New Song Centre
by: Sarah A small piece of green cloth was barely visible beneath the soil. As rain flooded the land during the monsoon season each year, dirt was swept aside, revealing items that had been buried over 30 years. Clothing and bone fragments stood out from the dark earth from which they now appeared. Nearly 2.5 million Continue Reading →