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Greece: Guilty verdict for migrant rights defenders could mean more deaths at sea – UN expert
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GENEVA (18 November 2021) - A UN human rights expert urged judicial authorities in Greece against criminalising the work of migrant rescuers in the Mediterranean Sea, saying a guilty verdict in a...
Viet Nam and Saudi Arabia: UN experts call for protection of trafficked workers
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GENEVA (4 November 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called on Saudi Arabia and Viet Nam to crack down on human trafficking after documenting the abuse of women and girls recruited in Viet Nam to...
G7 Trade Ministers’ strong stance against forced labour in supply chains is welcome, but must be followed by concrete action on forced labour and other human rights abuses, says UN expert group
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A Group of United Nations experts* welcomes the call made on 22 October by the G7 Trade Ministers to eradicate forced labour from global supply chains and provide access to protection and remedy for...
Mali: End to impunity for barbaric attacks on "slaves" long overdue ̶ UN experts
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GENEVA (29 October 2021) – A series of “barbaric” attacks this year against hundreds of people born into slavery in Mali beggars belief, UN human rights experts* said today, demanding that the West...
Human trafficking victims must be protected even in fight against terrorism -- UN expert
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NEW YORK (27 October 2021) – Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected. States fail to identify and protect victims, often because of their alleged...
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestinian human rights defenders as terrorist organisations
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UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as...
UN Fund and NGOs: fighting contemporary forms of slavery for 30 years
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For the past 30 years, the UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery has financially supported 400 projects in 104 countries that aim to support survivors in their healing journey, restore their dignity and create sustainable opportunities for their future.
World Tourism Day - 27 September 2021
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Protect children from exploitation as tourism resumes– UN expert GENEVA (24 September 2021) – As tourism picks up after the pandemic, governments must make sure that more travel does not result in...
Save displaced people from slavery by granting right to work, urges UN expert
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GENEVA (17 September 2021) – Governments could boost their own economies and save more than 80 million people from the threat of modern slavery if they granted the world’s forcibly displaced people...