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

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

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

Syrians living in “hellish” conditions say it’s not safe to return home yet – some hope to cross the Med instead ...

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

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

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

Decent work’ isn’t always possible. Advocates should stop shying away from criminal justice in anti-trafficking ...

Huge payouts are sign of “discrimination and misogyny” in British military, warns former Tory defence minister ...

In Bulgaria in 2001, communism had ended more than a decade earlier. We had transitioned to a market economy, and while ...

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