Just days before the review was published, a long-established Swiss village was obliterated by an avalanche as a glacier ...

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With research showing sexual violence in England and Wales has lifetime cost of £440bn, funding services is essential ...

President Fujimori’s sterilisation drive killed a woman in the 1990s. Her trial shows democracy is again backsliding ...

Amidst this struggle for reliable data at the UN level, the US government’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reports have ...

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So when HU funds ‘anti-trafficking’ work, it’s just one part of our own effort against trafficking – which focuses on ...

Celebrity experts, anti-immigrant agendas and burnout undermine hopes of getting anti-trafficking back on track ...

A response letter to our new feature, 'Ten Years On, Have We Moved Beyond Trafficking and Slavery?' ...

Miles de mujeres fueron esterilizadas bajo coacción, presiones o engaños, alegan las demandantes en el primer juicio ...

The writer makes a fine case for compulsory voting (or rather, for ‘compulsory’ voting): ‘By introducing compulsory voting ...

Terror attacks in Europe over past 20 years should offer stark warning as US aids Israel in displacing Palestinians ...