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Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN report
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GENEVA (29 August 2023) – Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia - from romance-investment scams and crypto...
China: “Vocational training” programmes threaten Tibetan identity, carry risk of forced labour, say UN experts
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GENEVA (27 April 2023) – UN experts* today expressed concern over allegations that so-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China are being...
Project reunites trafficked children with families
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A project in west Africa aims to help reunite children living on city streets with their families, often based in other countries. The Project to Protect Child Victims of Rights Violations (PAPEV) operates in six countries and is a joint partnership between UN Human Rights West Africa Regional Office and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Global emergency of child exploitation and abuse needs global action: UN experts
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GENEVA (18 November 2022) – UN experts today urged intensified efforts to combat persisting prevalence of violence, exploitation, abuse, trafficking, torture and harmful practices against children...
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Serbia on its Health Care System, Ask about Progress in Preventing Forced Labour and Protecting Human Rights Defenders
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Serbia, commending the State on its almost universal health care system and...
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend the Democratic Republic of the Congo for its Endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration and Ask about Child Labour in the Mining Sector
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on measures taken to implement the...
Fighting for the rights of domestic workers
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Maria de Luz Padua is the Secretary General of the Union of Domestic Workers in Mexico. Representing some 2.4 million domestic staff, her voice and leadership is critical in fighting for better rights...
DPRK: Pursue accountability for human rights violations, UN report urges international community
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中文 Korean 한국어 (Word) GENEVA (2 February 2021) – Seven years on from a landmark UN investigation into human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), there are reasonable grounds to...
Exploitation of desperate workers should never be the ‘new normal’, says UN expert
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World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 30 July 2020 GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The rampant exploitation of vulnerable workers, including many women and children, has increased alarmingly during the...