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PDFThe scourge of human trafficking and forced labor impacts every country in the world. The exploitation of women, men and children destroys basic human dignity and is one of the most challenging human rights problems due to its global reach. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates more than 21 million people were victims of forced labor this year, significantly higher than the 12.3 million victims reported in 2005.
Despite the staggering numbers of victims, anti-trafficking advocates are developing innovative strategies to address this modern slavery at both the international and local levels, through an increasing focus on recruitment agencies and business transparency as well as the monitoring of supply chains.
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on international human trafficking and forced labor. In addition to assessing this major human rights challenge and considering potential solutions from a global perspective, this hearing will examine trafficking, sexual exploitation, and forced labor in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012. 2:00 PM– 4:00 PM. Rayburn 2237, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
The following witnesses will testify:
Panel I
Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Panel II
Mr. Siddharth Kara, Author and Fellow, Carr Center Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at Harvard University.
Dr. Mohamed Mattar, Executive Director, The Protection Project.
Ms. Neha Misra, Senior Specialist on Migration and Human Trafficking, Solidarity Center.
Ms. Mary C. Ellison, Director of Policy, Polaris Project.
If you have any questions, please contact the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at 202-225-3599 or tlhrc@mail.house.gov.
The Solidarity Center is one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy. The NED supports the center’s work to combat human trafficking.
