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...
by Rachel Unger | May 5, 2020 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: RACHEL UNGER Vannak’s Story Vannak Prum spent three years on a Thai fishing boat forced to work 20-hour days against his will.1 While catching mackerel and sardines for American markets, he witnessed the beatings and murders of his fellow fishermen.2 After...
by Cassondra Murphy | Jan 10, 2019 | Articles, Legal Blog, Policy & Legislation
By: CASSONDRA (Cj) MURPHY President Trump signed into law the last of the four bills that represent the most recent reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)1 on January 9, 2019. This law strengthens the federal government’s efforts to combat...
by Jasmine Dela Luna | Dec 19, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: JASMINE DELA LUNA In April 2018, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to human rights advocacy efforts when it held that foreign corporations may not be defendants in civil suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in Jesner v. Arab Bank.1 This ruling means...
