human trafficking

Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

UN expert urges the Philippines to increase fight against human trafficking

13 November 2012
Authorities in the Philippines must strengthen their efforts in combating human trafficking if they are to succeed in eliminating the brutal practice and protect the rights of those affected, a United Nations independent human rights expert warned today.
Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi Ezeilo.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Commending UAE efforts against human trafficking, UN expert urges more to help victims

17 April 2012
A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) authorities – at Federal and Emirate level – to further concentrate on the plight of the victims of trafficking, while keeping up their fight against human trafficking.
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov.
UN Photo/Pierre Albouy

UN and global migration agency agree to step up efforts to combat human trafficking

17 April 2012
The United Nations anti-crime agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) today agreed to boost cooperation to tackle human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and to improve border management.
A human trafficking awareness billboard.
IRIN/Mohamed Amin Jibril

UN senior officials urge countries to boost their efforts to combat human trafficking

3 April 2012
At a special General Assembly meeting today, top United Nations officials urged Member States to increase their collaborative efforts to prevent human trafficking and protect its victims.
United Nations voluntary trust fund for victms of human trafficking.
UNODC

UN partners with London-based watchmakers to help victims of human trafficking

18 January 2012
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and London-based watchmakers Backes and Strauss have announced their new partnership to raise funds for victims of human trafficking through the launch of an exclusive line of watches.