UN Special Rapporteur

Conflict, climate change among factors that increase ‘desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish’, says UN chief
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Conflict, climate change among factors that increase ‘desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish’, says UN chief

According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), some 72 per cent of detected victims are women and girls, and the percentage of child victims has more than doubled from 2004 to 2016. “Most detected victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation; victims are also trafficked for forced labour, recruitment as child soldiers and…

Ahead of World Day against human trafficking, UN expert stresses States’ obligation to stop ‘gross human rights violations’
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Ahead of World Day against human trafficking, UN expert stresses States’ obligation to stop ‘gross human rights violations’

Many of those falling prey to traffickers are migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers who have left their country of origin for various reasons; including conflict, natural disaster, persecution or extreme poverty. “They have left behind their social protection network, and are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation,” said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on…