GENEVA (5 November 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Urmila Bhoola will visit Niger from 11 to 21 November 2014 to assess the situation in the country regarding contemporary forms of slavery...

European Anti-Trafficking Day - Saturday 18 October 2014 GENEVA (18 October 2014) – Three United Nations human rights experts* today called for a concerted global response to fight the transnational...

GENEVA (11 October 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* call on States to step up a gear in the fight against all forms of violence against girls by moving beyond awareness raising...

GENEVA (10 October 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today applauded the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their struggle against...

GENEVA (13 June 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts* on slavery, migrants, trafficking, sale and sexual exploitation of children, and internally displaced persons today welcomed the...

GENEVA (23 May 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts on slavery, migrants and trafficking today called on world Governments to adopt a legally binding international protocol to respond...

ASTANA (27 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, on Thursday called on the Government of Kazakhstan to intensify its fight...

GENEVA (19 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, will undertake a follow-up mission to Kazakhstan from 25 to 27 March 2014, to assess new developments...

GENEVA (10 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on slavery, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, hailed as “an essential step forward in the fight against slavery” the formal adoption by the...