Best Practice

Best Practices refer to the methods or approaches that are recognized as being the most effective or efficient way to achieve a desired outcome or goal. In various fields, best practices may be established through research, experience, and expert consensus, and are often used as a benchmark for evaluating and improving performance. Best practices can help organizations or individuals achieve consistent, high-quality results, and can also facilitate innovation and learning.

 

More Than 250 Human Traffickers and Smugglers Behind Bars After Pan American Police Operation
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More Than 250 Human Traffickers and Smugglers Behind Bars After Pan American Police Operation

An INTERPOL operation targeting human trafficking and migrant smuggling across Latin America and the Caribbean has seen victims rescued, migrants detected and suspected perpetrators arrested in 32 countries. The fourth in INTERPOL’s ‘Turquesa’ series of operations, the five-day (28 November – 2 December) operation saw Latin American investigators use INTERPOL capabilities to work with police…

What will the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s legacy for migrant workers in Qatar be? | SBS News
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What will the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s legacy for migrant workers in Qatar be? | SBS News

Highlights Qatar has been accused of violating the human rights of migrant workers. FIFA has defended Qatar and called Western critics hypocritical. Rights groups are calling for more thorough investigations into migrant worker deaths. Anish left his poverty-stricken family in Nepal to help build Qatar’s Lusail Stadium, with the hope of providing for his loved…

Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle: Chapter 4 — Human Trafficking
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Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle: Chapter 4 — Human Trafficking

Table of Contents | Introduction | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 Illustration: Nodjadong Boonprasert for GIJN The networks that smuggle people through the Golden Triangle are essentially the same as those that trade in drugs. The reason is simple: only those gangs know the routes and have the…

Meta says it will share software in attempt to combat terrorism, human trafficking
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Meta says it will share software in attempt to combat terrorism, human trafficking

Meta, formerly named Facebook, said it’s opening up a piece of its technology to combat terrorism and human trafficking across the internet. It said it will allow other companies to share data and prevent the spread of violent images on the internet. This software will be shared in advance of Meta’s yearlong chairmanship of the…

Ministers take openDemocracy to court to avoid handing over secret Covid review
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Ministers take openDemocracy to court to avoid handing over secret Covid review

The government is taking openDemocracy to court to resist having to publish its secret “lessons learnt” review of the Covid pandemic. Chiefs at the Department of Health and Social Care only last month agreed to publish the document, following an 18-month Freedom of Information battle that ended with a disclosure order by the independent watchdog….

Community Liberation Training in India
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Community Liberation Training in India

Community-based solutions to modern slavery Currently, more than 50 million people are afflicted by modern slavery, and millions more are at risk. It is vital that effective community-based methods be brought to scale as rapidly as possible. To that end, the Free the Slaves developed the Community Liberation Initiative (CLI). The CLI teaches the knowledge…

17 Rooms: Rejuvenating the Sustainable Development Goals through shared action | Brookings
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17 Rooms: Rejuvenating the Sustainable Development Goals through shared action | Brookings

2022 GLOBAL FLAGSHIP SYNTHESIS REPORT Message from 17 Rooms co-chairs Co-chairs, Zia Khan (left) and John McArthur (right), at the September 2022 17 Rooms Community gathering in New York City on the eve of the U.N. General Assembly. Everyone agrees on the need for more and faster progress across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)….

Prince George's Co. hospital receives $800K to help trafficking victims – WTOP News
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Prince George's Co. hospital receives $800K to help trafficking victims – WTOP News

Maryland’s second busiest trauma center is receiving federal funding to help identify and aid victims of sex and labor trafficking. The University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center hospital (UM Capital) in Prince George’s County, Maryland, will get nearly $800,000 from the Department of Justice to go toward screening, identifying and supporting victims in medical…

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S. – Philippines Alliance
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Launches New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S. – Philippines Alliance

The United States and the Philippines enjoy an alliance and partnership based on deep historical, economic, and cultural ties, and our shared democratic values.  The United States and the Philippines stand together as friends, partners, and allies.  Now and always, the U.S. commitment to the defense of the Philippines is ironclad, and we are committed…

New Law Increases Government Scrutiny of Contractor Compliance with Anti-Trafficking Provisions
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New Law Increases Government Scrutiny of Contractor Compliance with Anti-Trafficking Provisions

President Biden recently signed bipartisan legislation reinforcing anti-human trafficking prohibitions. The End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022 builds on the existing anti-human trafficking framework at Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) § 52.222-50 (Combatting Trafficking in Persons) by requiring agencies to refer contractor reports of potential human trafficking activity directly to an agency suspension…