Labor Trafficking

October 13, 2014

Student Convening Signals a New Era of Human Trafficking Activism

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights has a two-prong approach. One, to tell the stories of brave individuals …

September 1, 2014

Keeping Forced Labor in Mind This Labor Day

Labor Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States on the first Monday of September. It was created …

August 11, 2014

The Role of Trauma in Human Trafficking

Whether one is a labor trafficking victim; a domestic or international sex trafficking victim or survivor; or any other victim …

August 4, 2014

Fighting Impunity and the Need for Collective Action

There is a link between torture and human trafficking that we see at the Center for Victims of Torture. Survivors …

July 22, 2014

Bolivia Legalizes Child Labor

While many countries in the developing world are banishing domestic child labor practices, the government of Bolivia went in the …

July 7, 2014

Slavery in the Thai Seafood Industry

It is not a new revelation that slavery plagues the global food system. Men, women and children are enslaved in …

June 30, 2014

Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 Released

TIP2014cover_200_1 “We each have a responsibility to make this horrific and all-too-common crime a lot less common. And our work …

June 23, 2014

Truckers Are Critical in the Fight Against Trafficking

Ongoing sting operations by the FBI and other law enforcement personnel reveal that criminals and crime syndicates target a number …

Human Trafficking and the Taliban
June 3, 2014

Human Trafficking and the Taliban

Burqa_Afghanistan_01 From 1996 to 2001 the Taliban, a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group controlled and oppressed the Afghanistan population. During its …

May 27, 2014

Human Trafficking in China

Human trafficking is an international problem that must be handled domestically. This becomes particularly difficult in a country known for …