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Mauritania : Free Biram Dah Abeid

January 7 2015, 12:15pm

Posted by Guillaume

Officially, Mauritania is the last country in the world which abolished slavery, it was in 1981. In 2007, it fully outlawed it but failed to end it in practice. For proof, there has been only one condemnation so far. A ridiculous number, even grotesque,...

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The Top 3 Conventions to fight Slavery, Forced Labour and Organized Crime

June 11 2014, 09:02am

Posted by Guillaume

Text in PDF Format Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926Entry into force: 9 March 1927, in accordance with article 12 The Convention was amended by the Protocol done at the ... The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized...

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#USA Sex trafficking victims call for tougher penalties

May 14 2014, 09:33am

Posted by Guillaume

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, talks about legislation to strengthen penalties for human trafficking during a news conference on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Despite widespread support, the measure failed last year after being included...

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Ending Modern-Day Slavery: Using Research to Inform U.S. Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts

May 13 2014, 10:46am

Posted by Guillaume

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development and evaluation agency of the United States Department of Justice. In the NIJ Journal (NO 271, February 2013), a study examines the challenges facing the criminal justice system when...

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