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Uganda’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Partners with the Institute to Celebrate Uganda’s PTIP Act 10-Year Anniversary
Uganda’s government and civil society commemorated the 10th anniversary of the country’s Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act (PTIP Act) on...
Expert Human Trafficking Prosecutor Joins Institute in Uganda
Tyler Dunman joins the Institute as the Special Counsel in Uganda. In this role, he will work in Uganda’s Office of the Director of Public...
Judicial Law Clerk Presents at International Conference
By: CHERISSE FRANCIS Last month, Cherisse Francis, the Judicial Law Clerk to the designated TIP justice of Belize, attended the International...
2018 Annual Report Now Available
Our 2018 Annual Report is complete and we are excited to share it with you! Inside these pages, you’ll find an overview of the Institute’s mission...
Belizean students exposed to Trafficking In Persons through Moot Trial
This month, 13 Belizean undergraduate students participated in a human trafficking moot trial at the Supreme Court in Belmopan, Belize. Twelve of...
Institute Cited in Belize Media Coverage on TIP Ranking
On June 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, in which Belize received an improved Tier 2 Watch...
Belize Improves Its U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report Ranking
Yesterday morning, the U.S. Department of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which ranks 187 countries on how well they...
Judicial Law Clerk Begins Work in Belize with Designated TIP Judge
By: MOLLY WICKER Attorney Cherisse Francis recently started as the Judicial Law Clerk to Justice Antoinette Moore, the Designated Trafficking in...
Institute Renews Agreement with Uganda’s Public Prosecution Office
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Human Trafficking Institute renewed their agreement to work together to support the...
Institute Director Speaks on Mechanisms to Navigate Criminal Justice Systems at Human Trafficking Conference
The Human Trafficking Institute’s Director of Law Enforcement Operations, Dave Rogers, recently spoke on a panel entitled “Maximizing Global...
Institute Celebrates 2018 Global Human Trafficking Academy with Finale Dinner
The Human Trafficking Institute marked the conclusion of its inaugural Global Human Trafficking Academy on October 26 with a finale dinner at the...