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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... prosecution of the perpetrators , and that they would face retribu- tion 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 ...
... prosecution of the perpetrators , and that they would face retribu- tion 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 ...
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... prosecuting those who en- gage in these terrible crimes and protecting trafficking victims . We are committed to working with you and other Members to fight trafficking through a variety of means , and we believe that joint ...
... prosecuting those who en- gage in these terrible crimes and protecting trafficking victims . We are committed to working with you and other Members to fight trafficking through a variety of means , and we believe that joint ...
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... - tion , protection and prosecution . Of all the human rights abuses to which the international community has turned its attention , the 13 Theresa Loar, Director, President's Interagency Council on Women, United States Department of State.
... - tion , protection and prosecution . Of all the human rights abuses to which the international community has turned its attention , the 13 Theresa Loar, Director, President's Interagency Council on Women, United States Department of State.
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... prosecution , and our work throughout the Department of State and the U.S. Government , domestically and internationally . I will also describe our partnership with the NGO community . Trafficking in human beings is a form of modern ...
... prosecution , and our work throughout the Department of State and the U.S. Government , domestically and internationally . I will also describe our partnership with the NGO community . Trafficking in human beings is a form of modern ...
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... prosecution and enforcement against traffickers . Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has made the issue of trafficking a priority . We have seen how powerful it is to have the American Secretary of State raise this issue with heads ...
... prosecution and enforcement against traffickers . Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has made the issue of trafficking a priority . We have seen how powerful it is to have the American Secretary of State raise this issue with heads ...
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Page 57 - EFA in its present form promises 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 73 - Action, adopted at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
Page 8 - HAROLD HONGJU KOH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mr.
Page 81 - Pakistan, administered by the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, totaled $3.5 million in FY2001, with $3.5 million requested for FY2002.
Page 8 - Theresa Loar, Director of the President's Interagency Council on Women and Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues...
Page 78 - More than 700,000 people are believed to be trafficked each year worldwide, some 50,000 to the United States. Trafficking is now considered the third largest source of profits for organized crime behind only drugs and weapons, generating billions of dollars annually.
Page 78 - ... law and foolish or desperate parents. They have been exploited by people smugglers, who have eagerly seized the vast financial opportunity created by the fact that the number of people seeking to escape persecution and poverty far exceeds the number who are welcome in safe and wealthy countries. It is one of the fastest growing and most lucrative criminal enterprises in the world (Szwarc 2001 : 100). Australia has badly and unethically treated child asylum seekers. Janusz Korczak wrote that:...