The 2012 UN.GIFT Year in Review

 

2012 UN.GIFT Year in Review

Efforts to combat human trafficking and end modern-day slavery were high on global priorities in 2012: US President Barack Obama announced measures to crack down on traffickers; the European Commission passed the  "EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings (2012-2016)"; trafficking has now been criminalized in 134 countries and territories around the world.

 

Here's a look back at the past twelve months at UN.GIFT as well as at some of the most important human trafficking news and initiatives launched through 2012.

 

News/Initiatives:

 

UN.GIFT presents Strategic Plan 2012-2014 to the United Nations

 

Private sector partnerships crucial in combating human trafficking, say webinar panelists

 

UN.GIFT, Wendy's (Bahamas), and the Bahamas Ministry of National Security collaborate to launch "Trafficking in Persons" campaign

 

21 million people are now victims of forced labour, ILO says

 

Moldova: UN Trust Fund supports provision of legal assistance to victims of human trafficking

 

US State Department releases 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report

 

UN.GIFT featured in US Trafficking in Persons 2012 Annual Report

 

Human trafficking: organized crime and the multi-billion dollar sale of people

 

GIFT boxes raise awareness during Olympic Games about human trafficking

 

EU Commission adopts anti-human trafficking strategy

 

LexisNexis launches Human Trafficking Awareness Index

 

Obama renews efforts to combat human trafficking, issues executive order

 

Human trafficking under spotlight at Conference of Parties meeting

 

TeachUNICEF aims to raise awareness about child trafficking

 

Hollywood artists team up with the ILO to end slavery

 

Increase in global child trafficking gives cause for concern, says new UNODC report

 

UN.GIFT Interview series

 

Interview with songwriter Lonnie Ray Atkinson

 

Interview with filmmaker Mimi Chakarova

 

Interview with Special Advisor for Victims Rani Hong

 

Interview with filmmaker Jamillah van der Hulst

 

Interview with CNN investigative journalist Dan Rivers

 

Interview with activist Somaly Mam

 

Interview with Kristiina Kangaspunta, Chief of the UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons Unit, on the 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons