Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’
Stop Traffiking! – April 2025
The April 2025 edition of Stop Trafficking! is now available. This edition looks at the nexus between Statelessness and Human Trafficking. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports there are millions of people around the world who are denied the right to a nationality, they are not recognised as citizens by any country leaving…
Read MoreHuman Rights Day 2023
While today marks the final day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, it is also the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of…
Read MoreWomen Ambassadors Unite in Orange
Women ambassadors from around the world united in orange to raise awareness for the United Nations’ Orange the World campaign, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls. As a bright and optimistic colour, orange represents a future free from violence against women and girls. On November 29th the ambassadors…
Read MoreAdvocacy Success with St Vincent’s Healthcare Australia
ACRATH milestone advocacy success only possible with support from St Vincent’s Healthcare Australia staff and Sisters. We have had a win. With the help of the Sisters of Charity and many SVHA staff, a 17-year advocacy battle has resulted in the Federal Government’s Budget decision to offer victims and survivors of human trafficking the opportunity…
Read MoreEliminate Gender Violence
The United Nations 16 days of activism begins on 25th November and was declared to pay tribute to three sisters, Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa Mirabal, as well as global recognition of gender violence. Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa were born and educated in the Dominican Republic. All three sisters and their husbands were constantly…
Read MoreUNODC Global Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 is now available. The report presents a global picture of the patterns and flows of trafficking as well as detailed regional analyses and country profiles. Covering 148 countries the report is based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2016…
Read MoreEliminating child Labour
The United Nations has proclaimed 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. Many countries have committed to working towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Target 8.7 of this agenda is a commitment to end child labour in all its forms by 2025. While child labour has decreased by 38% in…
Read MoreTwenty Years of Palermo
November 15, 2020 marks twenty years since the Palermo Protocol – Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children was adopted by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. This protocol is the first global legally binding instrument with an agreed definition on trafficking in persons. In addition the protocol aimed at…
Read MoreTrafficking in Women and Girls
During the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, submitted a report entitled Trafficking in Women and Girls. The report noted that it is now 25 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action where Governments called for the removal of systematic and structural barriers that prevent…
Read MoreStop Trafficking!
The latest issue of Stop Trafficking! looks at the ways in which colour has been used to highlight human trafficking issues. Articles include the United Nations Blue Heart Campaign, Why Pinwheels for Prevention, Purple Rose Campaign, Red Spots that Help Spot Potential Human Trafficking Victims and Human Trafficking not all Black and White. Download the…
Read MoreWorld Day Against Trafficking in Persons
“On this World Day against Trafficking in Persons, let us reaffirm our commitment to stop criminals from ruthlessly exploiting people for profit and to help victims rebuild their lives.” UN Secretary-General António Guterres The World Day Against Trafficking in Person is held each year on 30th July. Every country in the world is affect by the crime of…
Read MoreDetermined to End Slavery
Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne, spoke of Australia’s determination to end modern slavery at the Stepping Up Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking event at the United Nations in New York. Senator Payne commented on Australia’s history of working domestically and internationally to end human trafficking and slavery. At the…
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