Department of State

The Department of State is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy. It is headed by the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.

The Department of State has a wide range of responsibilities, including:

  • Conducting negotiations and representing the United States in international organizations and negotiations
  • Advising the President and other government officials on foreign policy matters
  • Issuing visas and passports to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals
  • Providing assistance to American citizens abroad
  • Promoting international trade and investment
  • Protecting and promoting the interests of American businesses overseas
  • Providing emergency assistance and disaster relief to countries in need
  • Supporting democratic movements and promoting human rights around the world

The Department of State has a large network of embassies and consulates around the globe, and employs a diverse team of diplomats, support staff, and specialists to carry out its mission.

 

 

Human trafficking is not a topic at Summit of the Americas – The Hill
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Human trafficking is not a topic at Summit of the Americas – The Hill

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Summit of Americas is ironically gaining more coverage about who didn’t show than who did. As Biden and other heads of state reel in on the importance of democracy and regional alignment, the most important voices — marginalized communities vulnerable to human trafficking and exploitation—have been barred from the table. And we will feel…

Answering the Supreme Court's Call for Guidance on the Alien Tort Statute – Just Security
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Answering the Supreme Court's Call for Guidance on the Alien Tort Statute – Just Security

ByEyes on Trafficking News

by William S. Dodge and Oona Hathaway June 3, 2022 Original article here In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Nestlé v. Doe that the plaintiffs, who were allegedly trafficked as children from Mali to Ivory Coast to engage in slave labor on cocoa plantations, could not sue U.S. companies that supported those plantations under the Alien…

Opinion | Human trafficking threatens our society – Daily Illini
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Opinion | Human trafficking threatens our society – Daily Illini

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In the United States, slavery may be remembered as an abolished practice of the past, but it is still happening here today. It has been carried on through a new, illegal outlet: human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as “the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor…

Human-trafficking lawsuit against Iowa college survives legal challenge – Iowa Capital Dispatch
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Human-trafficking lawsuit against Iowa college survives legal challenge – Iowa Capital Dispatch

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A human-trafficking lawsuit brought by 14 international students from Chile against Western Iowa Tech Community College has survived a round of legal challenges and is proceeding in federal court. The school and other defendants are accused of working in concert to entice impoverished students to leave their home in Chile and come to Iowa, where…

Tarrant County 5 Stones Human Trafficking Coalition March 2022 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones Human Trafficking Coalition March 2022 Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our 5 Stones March 2022 meeting! Our March 5 Stones meeting featured Matt Osborne from New Friends New Life as he discussed the manKINDness Project, a curriculum outreaching to boys.   Here is the link to the recorded meeting: https://cutt.ly/5StonesMarch2022 Here is Matt’s presentation deck: https://cutt.ly/5StonesMar2022PresentationDeck Here is…

Exchange of timely information and institutional response mechanism among the agreements of the binational meeting to combat human trafficking between Peru and Ecuador
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Exchange of timely information and institutional response mechanism among the agreements of the binational meeting to combat human trafficking between Peru and Ecuador

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The three-day virtual meeting, promoted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – through the Track4Tip Initiative – the Judiciary of Peru and the Judiciary Council of Ecuador, met the objective of strengthening the response of the criminal justice system of both countries Lima, Quito, March 31, 2022 – The working day…

ATEST Recommendations on Improving Racial Equity in Federal Anti-Trafficking Programs
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ATEST Recommendations on Improving Racial Equity in Federal Anti-Trafficking Programs

ByEyes on Trafficking News

March 15, 2022 • 5:09 pm • Terry FitzPatrick  March 15, 2022 Dr. Kari Johnstone Acting Director Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) U.S. Department of State Via email Re: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government Docket Number: Public Notice: 11648 Dear Dr. Johnstone: Thank you…

The National Policy against trafficking in persons in Peru has a friendly version
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The National Policy against trafficking in persons in Peru has a friendly version

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The document contains 19 guidelines that are put into practice through 42 services, which operationalize the work of 11 sectors and 4 autonomous agencies, all linked to the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of the crime in the South American country. Lima, Peru, March 1, 2022 – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),…