'Amend laws in accordance with Palermo protocol' ​​​​​​​Rights activists have urged the government to expedite efforts to amend almost a dozen laws to make them compatible with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person especially Women and Children (also known Palermo Protocol), a major international instrument to combat human trafficking. Nepal 29 Jun, 2023
There have been achievements, but they are not enough KATHMANDU, APRIL 28Forum for Women, Law and Development is a leading organisation that champions the cause of equality and empowerment of marginalised groups.FWLD has filed some important public interest litigations and has successfully criminalised... Nepal 29 Apr, 2023
Police urged to see victims' perspective Director of Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau of Nepal Police Ramesh Prasad Rai has urged fellow cops to see the cases of human trafficking from the victims’ point of view. Nepal 28 Apr, 2022
'Pro bono lawyers need resources' Supreme Court Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla has said that Nepal’s pro bono lawyers need to ensure sustainable representation of indigent groups of people. Nepal 27 Mar, 2022
Trafficking laws incompatible with Palermo Protocol Nepal has taken a step forward against human trafficking in recent years by ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Person especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol), a major international instrument to combat human trafficking. Nepal 27 Jul, 2021
'Trafficking is crime of moral turpitude' As Nepal prepares to make its laws compatible with the Palermo Protocol that supplements the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the country must stipulate in the new anti-Human Trafficking law that human trafficking crimes will be crimes of moral turpitude. Nepal 21 Feb, 2021
Human trafficking laws need to be amended The government needs to amend human trafficking laws to make them compatible with the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime also known as Palermo protocol. Kathmandu 07 Feb, 2021
India reports 25 percent rise in human trafficking cases in 2015 NEW DELHI: Reports of human trafficking in India increased by 25 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, with more than 40 percent of cases involving children being bought, sold and exploited as modern day slaves, government crime data... Women 02 Sep, 2016
Thai government says it's not ignoring shrimp sheds slavery BANGKOK : Thailand's government said Monday it is not ignoring the slavery and forced labor in its lucrative shrimp industry that was highlighted in an Associated Press investigation published last week. Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd,... Women 21 Dec, 2015
Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves More than 2,000 trapped fishermen have been freed this year as a result of an ongoing Associated Press investigative series into slavery in the Thai seafood industry. The reports also have led to a dozen arrests, millions of dollars' worth of seizures... Women 14 Dec, 2015
NHRC set to amend provisions in trafficking laws Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, July 1:The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is all set to persuade the authorities concerned to amend the provisions provided in the nation’s human trafficking laws despite the absence of a parliament. The need... Travel 02 Jul, 2005
