2019 trafficking in persons report

In 2000, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, marked transition into the movement against human trafficking. ..

un / education gordon brown

“The urgency of talking about this today comes not only as the Security Council is briefed on the difficult circumstances in Yemen, affecting millions of children, but as this year starts in escalating crises: the estimated 3 million exodus in Venezuela, half a million out-of-school children alone in the..

as china’s grip tightens, global institutions gasp

If these ideas become not just prevailing norms but also actual operating principles for the HRC, victims of state-sponsored abuses worldwide—including in Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen—will face almost impossible odds in holding abusive governments accountable. ..

un / genocide prevention

The extreme forms of identity-based violence that we have witnessed in countries such Iraq, South Sudan and Syria are unacceptable. ... Deng said, the extreme forms of identity-based violence that we have witnessed in countries such Iraq, South Sudan and Syria are..

famine is on the verge of a major comeback

The year has been terrible, de Waal said in January 2018 interview with National Public Radio, with famine or near-famine conditions putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition and even death across Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Nigeria and Yemen... ..

appendix a: methodology

The 20 countries and territories of Middle East and North Africa are Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara and Yemen.. ..

china and japan: working together on ‘new silk road’

By January 2017, threats of famine had also been identified in Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan. ... “The past year has been unquestionably terrible,” de Waal said in a January 2018 interview with National Public Radio, “with famine or near-famine conditions putting millions of people at risk of..

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