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Date posted: 6 July 2022 Diplomats are normally protected from both criminal charges and civil cases in the countries where they are posted, but today the UK Supreme Court ruled that immunity does not apply in civil cases involving alleged modern slavery. In this case the diplomat, Mr Basfar, asserted that Ms Wong’s claim in the Employment…
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The Judiciary has launched the Kenya Judicial Bench Book on Labour Trafficking in Persons, to boost the effectiveness of the justice sector in combating trafficking in persons in Kenya. Speaking at a Nairobi hotel during the Book launch, Chief Justice Martha Koome, said the resource book will help judicial officers to have a quick and easily…
22-year-old Chrystul Kizer is facing life in prison in the killing of Randall Volar when she was 17, after meeting him on a sex trafficking website. In Wisconsin, a groundbreaking legal decision involving sex trafficking and a woman accused of killing the man who she says abused her. 22-year-old Chrystul Kizer is facing life in…
In a groundbreaking decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a teenager who killed her sexual abuser may have the chance to be acquitted of all charges. The decision is a major win for Chrystul Kizer, now 22, a Black woman who is facing life in prison for the crimes she committed at 17,…
The Bureau of Women’s Affairs is working to produce a series of public service announcements about sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking and teen pregnancy in an effort to educate residents about societal issues that can lead to unwanted pregnancies, according to BWA Director Jayne Flores. “We are working with a vendor to produce these…
Jonathan Ruiz, also known as “Saiint,” 29, of Youngstown, Ohio, and Charline Santiago, 27, also of Youngstown, Ohio, were charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment after they forced multiple women in their mid-20s to engage in commercial sex acts in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Massachusetts, District Attorney Alvin…
On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) requested that a statewide grand jury be covened to “examine international human smuggling networks that bring illegal aliens to the southern border, and ultimately, to Florida.” The jury will also look to investigate local municipalities that have been “aiding this smuggling scheme by intentionally violating state law.” According to…
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…
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…
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