Abstract: 'This rise in incidents of human trafficking in the past decade has been paralleled by an increase in activity by the international community to introduce anti-trafficking measures. Chief among these has been the creation of a number of new legal
instruments designed to combat human trafficking at both the international and regional
level. These instruments complement and expand the existing anti-trafficking legal
regime, in place since the late nineteenth century. As a result, huma more...
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Abstract: 'While human smuggling and human trafficking are two distinct phenomena, they can be closely linked with each other. Many trafficked persons, men as well as women, begin their journey as smuggled migrants but end up exploited and trafficked. In a classic migrant-smuggling situation, the relationship between migrant and smuggler is voluntary and ends upon the migrant’s arrival in the destination country. Any intent on the side of the smuggler to turn a migrant into a trafficked person more...
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'Rufino Dominguez, coordinator of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB, Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binationales) says there are about 500,000 indigenous people from Oaxaca living in the U.S. – 300,000 in California alone. Economic crises provoked by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other economic reforms are uprooting and displacing Mexicans in the country’s most remote areas, where indigenous people still speak their native languages. “There are more...
The 2009 Amnesty International Report highlights the fact that the world is in the middle of a human rights crisis.
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'Indigenous and local communities cherish traditional knowledge (TK) as a part of their cultural identities. The work of the WIPO Intergovernmental committee on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore (“IGC”) ranges from the international dimension of TK and cooperation with other international agencies, to capacity building and the pooling of practical experience in this complex area. This booklet gives an overview of this work, discusses some key con more...
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'The indigenous peoples of Bangladesh mainly live in the plain lands and the Chittagong hill tracts. As in the hill tracts, the plain land indigenous peoples are deprived of their entitlements and rights, and lag behind the mainstream community in terms of social, political and economic development. Due to a lack of information, awareness and access to basic services, the indigenous community people are unable to catch up with the rhythm of the mainstream.
In light of this situation, Gram Bika more...
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GLOBE-Net (May 6, 2009) - $1billion plus. That is what some B.C. First Nations stand to gain in profits, taxes and business opportunities from the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project.
That did not stop a small group of First Nations leaders from travelling to Toronto yesterday to voice their dissent to Enbridge Inc., the project’s proponent, during the company’s annual meeting.
Although the project has received environmental approval from both provincial and federa more...
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