by Lindsey Lane | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles, Douglass Fellows, Our Stories, U.S. Updates
On August 24, 2023, HTI welcomed the incoming 2023-2024 class of Frederick Douglass Fellows with an orientation in Washington, D.C. Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s commitment to freedom, education, and advocacy, HTI’s Douglass Fellows represent the next generation of...
by Sarah Murray | Aug 27, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
Introduction Over the past four years, the People’s Republic of China has forced at least one million Uyghurs,[1] who are mostly Muslim, and members of other ethnic and religious minorities into internment camps in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (“Xinjiang”), a...
by Hannah Savaso | Apr 15, 2021 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
Human trafficking is a complex issue. It should come as no surprise that representing survivors in our current legal system presents many unique challenges. By using a trauma-informed approach, lawyers can overcome these challenges and ensure that a survivor’s needs...
by Scotland Grace Pierce | Apr 12, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
Defined as “the coercive exploitation of another person for commercial gain,”1 human trafficking is a global crime that impacts the most vulnerable populations in the United States and around the world.2 Children are among those uniquely vulnerable to traffickers—at...
by Annick Febrey | Mar 22, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
The final episode of CNN’s 6-episode series, “Lincoln: Divided We Stand” aired on Sunday. As a labor rights advocate for over fifteen years, what struck me in the first few episodes was how Lincoln claimed to be against slavery for moral reasons, but for a majority of...
by Annick Febrey | Feb 15, 2021 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
We commemorated two notable anniversaries in our collective fight against human trafficking in 2020: The 20th anniversary of the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act (the law that sets the U.S. federal response to human trafficking), and the 20th anniversary of the...
