Legislation

Legislation refers to the process of creating and enacting laws. In most democratic societies, legislation is created through a process that involves several steps, including proposal, debate, and voting. Once a law has been passed by a legislative body, it must be signed by the appropriate authority before it can be enacted. Legislation is an important aspect of the legal system, as it sets the rules and guidelines that govern society and provide a framework for addressing issues and conflicts that arise within a community.

15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State
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15-year-old Girl Snatched from Basketball Game and Trafficked to Another State

Click a link below to jump to a particular article or scroll down to read the whole blog post. Local and regional IA coalition updates Thanks to hotel employees, missing girl found, and Michigan man charged with trafficking Labor trafficking case exposes farmworker abuses Why the average

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Human trafficking prevention bills assist local organizations in crime's hotbed – Fairfax Times

  Recently passed human trafficking prevention bills have been seen as all-encompassing combatants to the crime amid high regional activity, Northern Virginia-based prevention and education groups say. The seven bills, signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) in Richmond at the first Human Trafficking Commission meeting June 8, look to “eradicate” human trafficking in Virginia, he…

Human trafficking incident in Renton prompts proposed King County inquest – MyNorthwest
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Human trafficking incident in Renton prompts proposed King County inquest – MyNorthwest

King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn introduced legislation to help prevent human trafficking incidents at massage parlors, the council announced in a media release on Thursday. The legislation would create a workgroup to make recommendations on how King County regulations could be updated to prevent instances of human trafficking such as last week’s raid of a…

Child marriage: Some girls still being sold for cows in South Sudan
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Child marriage: Some girls still being sold for cows in South Sudan

Young girls are still being auctioned off into marriage in exchange for cows in South Sudan, activists have said. The issue was one they had hoped to raise with the Pope when he visited the country in two weeks – a trip that has now been postponed because he is not well enough to travel….

Congress must act on human trafficking victims bill – The Hill
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Congress must act on human trafficking victims bill – The Hill

“I remember the first time someone named what had been happening to me for the majority of my life. ‘Sex trafficking.’ It shattered everything around me. What had been happening to me since I was a toddler wasn’t normal. It wasn’t okay. It didn’t happen to everyone. I was a survivor of a heinous crime,…

Slave-Free Alliance warns of low awareness of Xinjiang forced labor import ban
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Slave-Free Alliance warns of low awareness of Xinjiang forced labor import ban

This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. The U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act comes into force from today (June 21, 2022) – but very few businesses are ready for…

A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India – Hindustan Times
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A lost generation: The grim reality of child labour and exploitation in India – Hindustan Times

Exacerbated by Covid-19 and India’s unemployment crisis, child trafficking remains rampant across India despite many legal protections. This needs urgent attention. The 2011 census paints a grim picture and records that one in every 11 working individuals in India is a child in the age group of 5-18 years. (AP/Representative Image) Updated on Jun 21, 2022…