#ENDSLAVERY – Tweet your Senators to Co-Sponsor Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), introduced in 2000, greatly increased America’s efforts to protect victims, assist survivors, improve prevention methods and successfully prosecute traffickers. Even though the TVPA has been reauthorized three times by bipartisan majorities, it was allowed to expire in September of 2011.

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By Johanna Olivas on 23rd April 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Activism, Author: Johanna Olivas, Human Trafficking Initiatives | 23 comments

Part II: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act 2011 – The Time for Reauthorization Is Now

The release of the TIP Report highlights the necessity of passing the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). On June 29, 2011, Senators Leahy, Kerry, and Brown introduced the 2011 TVPRA bill, building on the momentum of the TIP Report release a few days earlier.

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By Public Outreach and Communications Dept. Fellow on 7th July 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: 2011 TIP Report, Author: Public Outreach | 3 comments

2011 TIP Report Release

The U.S. State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report was released on Monday, June 27, 2011. It is compiled each year to analyze 184 governments’ efforts to combat human trafficking within their own borders. Governments are ranked into one of three tiers based on their attempts to meet the “minimum standards [...]

By Johanna Olivas on 28th June 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: 2011 TIP Report, Author: Johanna Olivas, Human Trafficking in the U.S., Human Trafficking Initiatives | One comment

TVPA Ten Year Anniversary

Bradley Myles with activists and Bush administration officials at the TVPRA 2008 bill signing

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was signed on October 28, 2000, making last Thursday its 10-year anniversary.  At the time, this law truly was ground-breaking legislation because it was the first comprehensive federal law that addressed [...]

By Bradley Myles on 1st November 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Author: Bradley Myles, Human Trafficking in the U.S., Human Trafficking Initiatives, Labor Trafficking, Sex Trafficking | Join the conversation
 
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