Trafficking of Women and Children in the International Sex Trade: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, September 14, 1999, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 105 pages |
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Page 2 - US assistance to governments that continue to be part of the problem rather than part of the solution...
Page 39 - Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women...
Page 28 - Lee, thank you very much. Mr. Faleomavaega. Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I certainly want to thank both the members of the panel for their very comprehensive statements this afternoon.
Page 8 - HAROLD HONGJU KOH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr. KOH. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, for holding today's hearing on the worldwide problem of trafficking of persons.
Page 81 - Later in this hearing, you will receive testimony from Laura Lederer, affiliated with the Women and Public Policy program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, whose research is funded and sponsored by the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Page 89 - SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM Now multiply Lydia's story by hundreds of thousands and a picture of the scope of the problem emerges. • UNICEF estimates that 1 million children are forced into prostitution in Southeast Asia alone, and another 1 million worldwide. • An estimated 250,000 women and children from Russia, the Newly Independent States, and Eastern Europe are trafficked into Western Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Canada, and the United States each year. • An estimated 500,000 children per...
Page 86 - ... work with Congress to craft legislation to build upon the initiatives that are underway around the world to eradicate the scourge of trafficking. Conclusion We have aggressively led the US government response in combating trafficking and protecting its victims. Mr. Chairman, we want to work with you to do more. We must get the world's attention to achieve a global consensus as we head into the 21st century that trafficking, a form of modern day slavery, is unacceptable. As Secretary of State...
Page 2 - ... victims of forcible and/or fraudulent sexual trafficking. It also includes relief from deportation for victims, provided it is established that they really were innocent victims, and that they have not unreasonably refused to assist in the investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators, and that they would face retribution or other hardship if removed from the United States. The bill also makes clear that trafficking victims are eligible for the Federal witness protection plan and provides...
Page 8 - Coordinator for International Women's Issues at the State Department, joins me here today to discuss how we can work together to address this key issue. By appearing together, we send the message that the entire Administration shares your determination that we must stop those who profit from the tragedy of trafficking and...
Page 14 - Although this is sometimes characterized as a women's issue, it is, in fact, a global issue involving human rights, economics, migration, transnational crime, labor, and public health" (US Congress, House of Representatives 1999, 14).