Partner

A partner is a person who is involved in a close personal or professional relationship with another person. In a personal context, a partner can refer to a spouse or romantic partner. In a professional context, a partner can refer to a member of a business partnership or law firm. Partners often share responsibilities, resources, and decision-making power in their relationship. The term partner can also be used more broadly to refer to any two people or organizations who are working together towards a common goal or objective.

Jeffrey Epstein: A Predator In Plain Sight
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Jeffrey Epstein: A Predator In Plain Sight

Free Materials to Share and How to Report Suspected Trafficking Victimizers can look like everyday people. That is something parents and children need to understand. They hide in plain sight. They could be in your family or be one of your neighbors. It’s ugly, but true. That’s why your children need to be taught how…

Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security
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Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security

The planet is experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching stimulated by a greatly expanding demand for animals, plants, and wildlife products. The rate of species extinction, now as much as 1,000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, deserves…

UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law
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UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law

Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, and Urmila Boola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, said in a statement that they were “gravely concerned” about the bill as presented by the Government to the Indian Parliament last week. “Its focus on addressing trafficking from a criminal law perspective is not sufficiently complemented…

China’s Forced Labor Problem
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China’s Forced Labor Problem

In China, forced labor is sensitive topic. Years pass between the odd case of forced labor that sees the light of day in local media. Local labor NGOs rarely approach incidents of serious coercion in forced labor terms. Nobody knows the real extent, and surprisingly few, from China as well as abroad, prioritize exploring this…

The Day the World Spoke Out Against Human Trafficking
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The Day the World Spoke Out Against Human Trafficking

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons July 30th, millions of people all over the globe took part in the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. For the entire day, individuals, businesses, and non-profits alike offered up their social media accounts to raise awareness about human trafficking. As a non-profit whose mission it is […]

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Senior UN officials seek accountability for human trafficking crimes in forced migration
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Senior UN officials seek accountability for human trafficking crimes in forced migration

“During their journey to Europe and other locations, many migrants and refugees have witnessed or been victims of crimes and human rights violations, including murder and enforced disappearance, slavery and extortion, sexual violence, torture and other forms of cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment,” said Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide. Mr. Dieng…

Joint Statement
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Joint Statement

On 31 December 2014, the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT), an alliance of six organizations committed to combatting human trafficking, concluded its long-standing work towards curbing one of the most heinous crimes and human rights violations of our time. Members of UN.GIFT Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) International…

Experts meet to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households
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Experts meet to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households

Child maid servant in India, although it is banned by the government High-level diplomats from across the OSCE region met at the Secretariat today to discuss ways to stamp out trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households, focusing on the outcomes from a series of workshops held by the Organization’s anti-trafficking Office during the past…

COPA Airlines joins Blue Heart Campaign
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COPA Airlines joins Blue Heart Campaign

COPA Airlines, Panama’s flagship air carrier, has joined the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking. By placing the Blue Heart symbol next to its planes’ doors, COPA becomes the latest private sector partner in raising awareness of the plight of victims of human trafficking while building support to fight the criminals behind it. The partnership…

Not enough done to reintegrate victims of human trafficking, UN-backed report warns
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Not enough done to reintegrate victims of human trafficking, UN-backed report warns

“Any support offered to victims of trafficking needs to be given in a way that restores a sense of control for the victims over their own lives,” the regional project manager for the UN Inter-agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP), said of the study, commissioned by the Governments of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against…