Resources
The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
About Us
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About UN Human Rights
- Mandate
- Mission
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The High Commissioner
- Volker Türk, High Commissioner
- Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner
- Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General
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Past High Commissioners
- Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chile, 2018-2022
- Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Jordan, 2014-2018
- Ms. Navanethem Pillay, South Africa, 2008-2014
- Ms. Louise Arbour, Canada, 2004-2008
- Bertrand Ramcharan (Acting High Commissioner)
- Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazil, 2002-2003
- Mrs. Mary Robinson, Ireland, 1997-2002
- Mr. José Ayala-Lasso, Ecuador, 1994-1997
- Past Deputy High Commissioners
- Past Assistant Secretaries-General
- What we do
- Where we work
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Funding and budget
- Our donors
- Funding trends
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Trust funds
- Special Fund of the OPCAT
- UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
- UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation
- UN Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Slavery
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UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
- Mandate
- About the Fund’s assistance for victims
- Board of Trustees
- How the Fund is managed
- Reports
- Activities
- 40th anniversary
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- Videos
- Feature stories
- How to apply for an annual grant
- Annual grant cycle
- How to report on a grant
- Emergency grants
- How to contribute to the Fund
- Group of Friends
- Evaluation
- Memorial
About Us
-
About UN Human Rights
- Mandate
- Mission
-
The High Commissioner
- Volker Türk, High Commissioner
- Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner
- Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General
-
Past High Commissioners
- Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chile, 2018-2022
- Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Jordan, 2014-2018
- Ms. Navanethem Pillay, South Africa, 2008-2014
- Ms. Louise Arbour, Canada, 2004-2008
- Bertrand Ramcharan (Acting High Commissioner)
- Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazil, 2002-2003
- Mrs. Mary Robinson, Ireland, 1997-2002
- Mr. José Ayala-Lasso, Ecuador, 1994-1997
- Past Deputy High Commissioners
- Past Assistant Secretaries-General
- What we do
- Where we work
-
Funding and budget
- Our donors
- Funding trends
-
Trust funds
- Special Fund of the OPCAT
- UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples
- UN Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation
- UN Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Slavery
-
UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
- Mandate
- About the Fund’s assistance for victims
- Board of Trustees
- How the Fund is managed
- Reports
- Activities
- 40th anniversary
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
- Videos
- Feature stories
- How to apply for an annual grant
- Annual grant cycle
- How to report on a grant
- Emergency grants
- How to contribute to the Fund
- Group of Friends
- Evaluation
- Memorial
A non-exhaustive list of United Nations agencies, programmes, NGOs and foundations working on contemporary forms of slavery.
UN entities
UNICEF www.unicef.org
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: www.unodc.org
All contemporary forms of slavery
Amnesty International http://amnesty.org
Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
Derechos Human Rights http://www.derechos.org
Front Line, The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders http://www.frontlinedefenders.org
Human Rights Internet http://www.hri.ca
Human Rights Network International database http://www.hrni.org
Human Rights Resource Center http://hrusa.org
Human Rights Web http://hrweb.org
New Internationalist http://www.newint.org
Anti-slavery www.antislavery.org
American Anti-Slavery Group (ASSG) www.iAbolish.org
Free the Slaves www.freetheslaves.net
Polaris Project www.PolarisProject.org
Committee Against Modern Slavery http://www.esclavagemoderne.org
Trafficking and sexual slavery
Coalition against Trafficking in Women www.catwinternational.org
Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women www.gaatw.org
La Strada International www.lastradainternational.org
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking www.castla.org
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition www.bsccoalition.org
Shared Hope International www.sharedhope.org
AFESIP www.afesip.org
Forced labour and migrant exploitation
International Labor Organisation www.ilo.org
International Labor Rights Fund www.laborrights.org
International Organization for Migration www.iom.int
Kalayaan – Justice for migrant workers www.kalayaan.org.uk
Global Workers Justice Alliance www.globalworkers.org
Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictu.ie
Trades Union Congress UK www.tuc.org.uk
Coalition of Labor Union Women www.cluw.org
International Organization of Employers www.ioe-emp.org
World Confederation of Labour www.ituc-csi.org
Children (forced labour and sexual slavery)
International Initiative to End Child Labor www.endchildlabor.net
ECPAT International (child prostitution and trafficking of children for sexual purposes) www.ecpat.org
Love146 www.love146.org.uk
Save the Children www.savethechildren.org
Child Labor Coalition www.stopchildlabor.org
Child Rights Information Network https://home.crin.org/
Action Against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children (ALTEN) http://atsec.tripod.com/atsecbangladeshchapter/id1.html
Casa Alianza Latina America www.casa-alianza.org
Child Rights Information Network www.crin.org
Child Workers in Nepal www.cwin.org.np
Global March Against Child Labour www.globalmarch.org
HAQ: Centre for Child Rights and Campaign to Stop Child Labour www.haqcrc.org
ILO – International Programme of the Elimination of Child Labour www.ilo.org/ipec/index.htm
Child Trafficking Digital Library www.childtrafficking.com
World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children http://www.csecworldcongress.org
The World Bank - Child Labour www.worldbank.org
ECLT Foundation – addressing the challenge of child labour in tobacco growing www.eclt.org
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