US military cracking down on contractors for human trafficking violations in Iraq
A US military spokesman said in Baghdad Tuesday that following a military investigation and reports from human rights groups indicating that private contractors in Iraq are violating human trafficking laws in their...
Taylor sought as defense witness in Dutch arms-trafficking case
Former president of Liberia Charles Taylor is being requested to testify at the trial of a Dutch timber trader indicted for facilitating the import of weapons to Liberia in exchange for timber, a...
UN agency criticizes efforts to slow human trafficking, seeks unified approach
In a report released Monday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime criticized the efforts of countries around the world as ineffective in blocking the flow of people smuggled into countries, many of...
In a joint statement issued late Tuesday, US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) said they would reexamine two provisions of a contentious immigration bill passed by the House...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is making slow progress in its efforts to set up a regional human rights watchdog, officials from the organization announced Friday. Representatives from the four member countries suggesting the establishment...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that the negotiated deal over the counting of disputed ballots which has made Rene Preval the president-elect of Haiti has correctly put...
Gonzales stresses civil rights commitment in DOJ anniversary address
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales repeatedly stressed his personal and institutional commitment to the protection of civil rights in a speech to Justice Department staff Wednesday setting out the Department's priorities for the coming year. First...
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 [White House]
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, signed by President George W. Bush, Janaury 10, 2005. Read the full text of the Act . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
President Bush Tuesday signed into law a renewal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , providing $361 million over two years towards to investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, most involving the sex...
Many new state laws took effect on Sunday, including measures to safeguard against child sex offenders and the misuse of personal information. Michigan strengthened its sex offender laws, and Illinois banned human trafficking, allowing state...
