CHILD LABOUR
218 Million children between 5-17 years are in employment worldwide. Among them, 152 million are victims of child labor; almost half of them (73 million) work in hazardous child labor.
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Forced Labour is defined as: “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily.”
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Human Trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation. It is thought to be one of the fastest-growing activities of trans-national criminal organizations and is condemned as a violation of human rights by international conventions.
POLICE & HUMAN RIGHTS
The mandate of the police is:
To protect human rights, defend fundamental freedoms outlined in the constitution, to maintain public order and ensure the general welfare of society through policies and practices that are humane and disciplined and equitable.
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A “statelessness” person is someone who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law (Article 1 of 1954 Convention relating to the status of stateless persons). Here, nationality refers to the legal bond between a person and a state.
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The Declaration of Violence Against Women defines “violence against women” as “any act of gender-based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.”