November 7, 2018 Esther Paul National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Health Resources Services Administration Department of Health and Human Services Submitted via email: [email protected] RE: Request for Public Comment on Migrant Health and Human Trafficking in...
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ATEST Testimony on Winning the Fight Against Human Trafficking: The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act
Testimony by Melysa Sperber Director of the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking Humanity United Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations House Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States...
A Presidential Agenda for Abolishing Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) represents a grave affront to the U.S.’ security, economy, and national values, degrading and reducing human beings to commodities that can be exploited for commercial sex acts or labor. The Administration of Donald J. Trump is taking office at a pivotal...
Testimony: Accountability over Politics: Scrutinizing the Trafficking in Persons Report
Testimony by David Abramowitz Managing Director of Policy and Government Relations Humanity United Action Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations House Committee on Foreign Affairs Of the United States House of...
ATEST Comments and Suggestions on the California Attorney General’s Office’s Company Notification Letter and Resource Guide
The California Transparency and Supply Chains Act (“the Act”), enacted in 2010, requires large retailers and manufacturers doing business in California to disclose on their websites their “efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from [their] direct supply chain for...
ATEST Statement for the Record to HSGAC
ATEST's written statement in the formal written record for the hearing on "The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at Our Border: A Review of the Government’s Response to Unaccompanied Minors One Year Later," before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 7,...
ATEST Appropriations Webinar – March 16, 2015
Human trafficking is a $150 billion industry. Current U.S. Government funding is insufficient to fight this crime and to meet the needs of victims and survivors. We need your support to ensure greater U.S. investment in programs that are critical to preventing human trafficking,...
Coming Into Focus: How the US Government Can TIP the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Trafficking in persons (TIP) is a transnational crime and is the second largest criminal industry in the world, second only to drug trafficking. Yet, for every $32 a human trafficker earns, the U.S. Government spends only ten cents fighting them. Recognizing the need for an efficient...
National Call on Child Welfare
The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) hosted a National Call on Child Welfare on February 20, 2014. ATEST was joined by anti-trafficking organizations to discuss the latest developments in child welfare legislation pending in the House (H.R.1732) and Senate...
ATEST Comments on Proposed Regulations to Implement Executive Order 13627
On December 20, 2013, ATEST submitted written comments on proposed regulations that are designed to implement Executive Order 13627. The Executive Order and implementing regulations strengthen protections against human trafficking that is taking place within government procurement...