WASHINGTON – The 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released Thursday, marks the 20th time the U.S. State Department has ranked how well the world’s governments are responding to forced labor and human trafficking and the 10th year the U.S. government has ranked...
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2019 TIP Report Raises Challenging Questions about Sanctions and Future Rankings
While presenting this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a pointed message: “If you don’t stand up to trafficking, America will stand up to you.” The 2019 report, however, raises questions about whether the Trump...
TIP Report Highlights Global Progress and American Shortcomings
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department’s 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report), released last week, chronicled many successes around the world in the effort to eradicate human trafficking and modern slavery. The report also highlighted shortcomings in America’s...
ATEST Applauds Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passage of International Provisions of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) welcomes the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S.1848) by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. We are grateful to Senators Bob Corker (R-TN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben...
Rankings Undermine Credibility of TIP Report: Malaysia, Burma and Qatar Upgrades Unjustified
Washington, D.C.— For the third straight year, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) has serious concerns about the credibility of the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released yesterday. The TIP Report ranks governments...
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...
U.S. Downgrades Myanmar, Raises Thailand in Human Trafficking Report
By Matt Spetalnick and Lesley Wroughton Published on July 1, 2016 by Reuters Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Sudan and Haiti on list of worst human trafficking offenders WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The United States has placed Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Sudan and Haiti on its list of worst...
US Human Trafficking Report Blacklists Myanmar
By AFP Published on July 1, 2016 The United States on Thursday blacklisted eight more countries for failing to combat human trafficking, including fledgling democracy Myanmar, but was criticized for taking an easier line on Thailand. Announcing the release of the State...
Activists Again See Politics At Play in Human Trafficking Report
By Steve Herman Published on June 30, 2016 in Voice of America BANGKOK— The U.S. State Department Thursday released its annual report that grades foreign governments on their efforts to fight human trafficking, but activist groups say they are concerned that some countries'...
Thailand’s Improved Status in US Human Trafficking Report Sparks Fury
By Kate Hodal and Annie Kelly Published on June 30, 2016 in The Guardian Rights groups say Thailand’s upgraded standing in Trafficking in Persons report was politically motivated and ignores reported abuses in Thai fishing industry International rights groups have...