![Countless women and children are lured by false promises made by criminal traffickers. © Visayan Forum Foundation Countless women and children are lured by false promises made by criminal traffickers. © Visayan Forum Foundation](http://web.archive.org./web/20170802041110im_/http://www.ohchr.org/SiteCollectionImages/Press/story036-Trafficking.jpg)
The trafficking of human beings is one of the world’s most lucrative businesses, generating billions of dollars while destroying millions of lives. OHCHR’s UN Fund for Contemporary Forms of Slavery provides legal, social and psychological assistance to thousands of people subjected to human trafficking for forced labour and sexual exploitation.
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International human rights experts Bacre Ndiaye (Senegal), Luc Côté (Canada) and Fatimata M’Baye (Mauritania) have been appointed to look into reports of harrowing human rights violations against civilians in the Kasai regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Community radio stations across South Africa were encouraged to join the “Stand up for someone’s rights today” campaign during a recent radio competition. The winning station solved a compensation issue for a local farm worker injured on the job.
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China's iconic peace and democracy figures Liu Xiaobo was the definition of civic courage and human dignity – an inspiration to human rights defenders everywhere - Zeid.
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“Stand up for someone’s rights today” is the new global campaign that aims to encourage, amplify and support what people do in their everyday lives to defend human rights. It promotes taking action for greater freedom, stronger respect and more compassion.
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