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Viet Nam and Saudi Arabia: UN experts call for protection of trafficked workers

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04 Nov 2021

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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02 Nov 2021

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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29 Oct 2021

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...

UN Fund and NGOs: fighting contemporary forms of slavery for 30 years

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20 Oct 2021

Visual for the 30th anniversary of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

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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24 Sep 2021

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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17 Sep 2021

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...

Human Rights violations suffered by displaced persons are well known, but the extent to which they are affected by contemporary forms of slavery is often overlooked - Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council

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17 Sep 2021

MORNING 17 September 2021 High Commissioner Calls on the Council to Enhance its Focus on the Experience and Human Rights of Women and Girls in the Council’s Analysis of Conflict and Post-conflict...

Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action to protect human rights and prevent ‘civilian slaughter’

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16 Aug 2021

GENEVA (16 August 2021) - UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the destruction of...

Mali: UN experts condemn increased attacks on ‘descent-based slaves’, deplore government’s failure to act

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19 Jul 2021

GENEVA (19 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Mali to prevent attacks against so-called slaves, saying such incidents are on the rise, with twice as many people injured this year as...

A/HRC/48/52: Report on the nexus between displacement and contemporary forms of slavery

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26 Jun 2021

In the report, the Special Rapporteur identifies factors that render displaced persons, including internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees, vulnerable to exploitation and contemporary forms of slavery.