GENEVA (20 December 2016) – At the end of her first official visit* to the United States of America, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for more...

Washington DC, 19 December 2016 - I am grateful to the Government of the United States of America for the invitation to carry out an official country visit from 6 to 16 December 2016. I would also...

GENEVA / WASHINGTON (2 December 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro will visit the United States of America from 6 to 16 December to gather first-hand information on...

“Revealing the Child Faces of Modern Slavery” 2 December 2016 Distinguished Chair, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, Every year, on this day, we commemorate and renew the world's pledge to end...

Commission on Status of Women Forty-seventh Session 4 March 2003 3rd Meeting (AM) Breaking the silence and strengthening legislation on domestic violence and trafficking in women were among the key...