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The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings requires States Parties to adopt measures to assist …
The lens through which first responders understand the face of human trafficking greatly affects their process of screening and identifying …
On March 7, 2013, President Barack Obama signed a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The reauthorization of …
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines labor trafficking as: “The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of …
The perception of what trafficking victims look like can often jump to mind: young, foreign, female. There are many victims …
Human trafficking is increasingly identified as an insidious societal problem. The statistics are staggering: Human trafficking is estimated to be a $150 …
A quick summary of what you need to know about each reauthorization to understand the TVPA legislation In 2000, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), creating resources to combat human trafficking domestically and internationally and reauthorized five times. Each reauthorization contains provisions aiming to protect human trafficking victims, which should be understood and accessible to anyone wanting to be involved in the fight against trafficking.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was initially passed in 2000 and is the U.S. legal framework for combating human trafficking both domestically and internationally. Since then, it has been reauthorized five times. This document consolidates the changes of the various reauthorizations to the TVPA.
In 2000, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the first legislation of its kind. Originally passed with the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, alongside other miscellaneous provisions casting protections on women who are susceptible to abuse and men, women, and children who are trafficking victims, the TVPA has been reauthorized five times. This is a summary of all the reauthorizations.
1. Overview The main factor driving modern slavery within the tea industry in Bangladesh is the extreme marginalisation of tea …