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Armed conflict, also known as war, is a situation in which two or more parties, typically states or non-state armed groups, use military force to try to achieve their political or ideological objectives. Armed conflicts can take many forms, from full-scale wars between countries to internal conflicts within a country, such as civil wars or insurgencies. Armed conflicts can have many causes, including territorial disputes, religious or ethnic tensions, or competition for resources. They can have devastating consequences for the people involved, including loss of life, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure. The international community often attempts to prevent or resolve armed conflicts through diplomacy, peacekeeping operations, and other means.
The International Organization for Labor (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with Walk Free, have released the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. In 2016, it had been estimated that 40.3 million people around the world were trapped in modern-day slavery. Tragically, the latest figures suggest that that has risen to 49.6…
Abstract Armed conflicts leave populations vulnerable to organ trafficking, a criminal enterprise with little international regulation when viewed separately from human trafficking. The Council of Europe’s Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs is the only instrument to contemplate the responsibility of actors involved in organ trafficking, but traffickers may go unpunished due to its limited…
Project launched to end child labour in Botswana The reason for choosing D’kar emanated from the realisation that child labour was prevalent in the region, with many children trapped on farms or involved in some forms of child labour instead of enjoying their childhood and going to school. Speaking at the project launch and commemoration…
TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian Parliament has asked Europe’s top human rights body to rescind a 2011 resolution that cited since-unsubstantiated allegations of human organ harvesting during the 1990s war in Kosovo. The parliament voted 125-0 late Thursday in favor of a motion asking the Council of Europe to clear both Albania and Kosovo of…
Human trafficking is a horrific crime and “an all-out assault on people’s rights, safety and dignity,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, the eve of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The government’s campaign against all forms of human trafficking, be it for labor or sexual exploitation, is now enhanced with the passage of Republic Act No. 11862, the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. CHR Executive Director Jacqueline Ann de Guia said that RA…
With the return of armed conflict in continental Europe, the Russian Federation is committing brutalities that have characterized the most violent of warfare since ancient times. Cold-blooded executions, brutal mass rapes, the bombings of a maternity ward and shelter for children, along with the forced displacement of roughly 500,000 Ukrainians into Russia, are just some…
PRESS RELEASE The Netherlands, 13 June 2022 The influence of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and increasing food insecurity on the sexual exploitation of children worldwide. Internationally, the risks of children becoming victims of sexual exploitation have increased, both in real life and by technology. Climate change, food insecurities, and conflict exacerbate the risks…
Karachi, Pakistan – 25 May 2022 – UNODC, under the framework of the EU funded GLO.ACT project and in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), has been advocating with federal and provincial authorities to establish Trafficking in Persons (TIP) coordination committees across the country. As a result of this advocacy work, the government of…
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