Archives for June 2018

Nigeria remains on ‘Tier 2 Watchlist’ on US State Department’s 2018 TIP Report

JUNE 28, 2018- For the second year in a row, Nigeria has received a ‘Tier 2 Watchlist’ placement on the United State’s Department of State 2018 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report, which was released today.  The TIP Report ranks countries in tiers based on their government’s efforts to fight human trafficking. As a Tier 2 […]

Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa Retained as Consultant to UN at Human Rights Council Session 2018

June 21, 2018- At the 38th United Nations’ Human Rights Council Session, which commenced at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on June 18, 2018,  Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa served as a consultant to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Trafficking, participating in a side event relating to the global trafficking of women and girls, […]

Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa Serves as Contributing Writer to CPA UK’s e-Handbook on Modern Day Slavery

We are honoured to announce that Pathfinders’ R. Evon Idahosa, Esq. is a contributing writer to the UK Home Office’s (via @CPA_UK’s Modern Slavery Project) newly launched e-Handbook on #ModernDaySlavery entitled: Legislating against Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking & Forced Labour. The e-handbook is a comprehensive guide for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials on legislating effectively against modern […]

Italy Closes Ports to MSF’s Aquarius Carrying 600+ Sub-Saharan African Migrants

SICILY, ITALY- Aquarius, Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) Mediterranean rescue ship, carrying more than 600 rescued migrants from Eritrea, Nigeria, Ghana and Sudan (including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women), was stranded on the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, June 11, 2018, following Italy’s new populist government’s decision to close its ports on Sunday, June 10, […]