Mike Dottridge

Human rights defender. Former director of Anti-Slavery International and trustee of the UN Slavery Fund.

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It's not easy to go on using Twitter when its owner is making an even greater mess of it...

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BREAKING: Two more Rwanda deportees have had their tickets cancelled.

Twenty three people have now had their Rwanda tickets cancelled. Eight still have live tickets for tomorrow.

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Ambassador Pierre Claver Ndayicariye presented his report on Burundi's 1972 massacres to a plenary session of the Burundi Parliament today. Yes, it was genocide. https://t.co/XEEO09zlAb 6 hour hearing can be viewed at https://t.co/vAGJ42eWw2

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@joelquirk Sorry for the horrid news and hope you are all now healthy and ready to enjoy the summer!

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We should be celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights today, but there doesn't seem to be a lot to celebrate this year, just a need to remind everyone of its provisions and why they are important, especially in China, Myanmar, Sudan and UK

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Sierra J. (2013) El Maestro del Prado, "Llevamos dos siglos de razón pura, de triunfo de la ciencia, para que lleguen usted y otros como usted y empiecen a interesar a terceros, otra vez, en lo invisible, el lo inefable. En lo que no puede pesar ni medir." ¿Esclavitud moderna?

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Are we celebrating 30 July 2021 as WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS? Is it appropriate to celebrate a date marking the success of Belarus' coup at the UN - the adoption of an awful 'global plan of action to combat trafficking'? A sign of Belarus' support for human rights?

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Queens University Belfast Human Rights Centre Human Trafficking Research Network conference 17-18 June is on the theme of “Challenging Assumptions about Human Trafficking”. The other key note on Thurs 17 (18h-19h uk time) is by Nandita Sharma (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa).

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I'll talk about 'Drawbacks in current strategies to stop human trafficking and modern slavery and possible remedies in Europe and beyond' on Friday 18 June at 15.30 gmt (16.30-18.30 uk time, 17.30 W European time). QUB Human Rights Centre conference at https://t.co/MpOnMni1Dl

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@freedomunitedHQ Also worth checking out 'What works for working children: Being effective when tackling child labour' https://t.co/tspl4IOgeu. This includes ten recommendations which could help free the 152 million children worldwide from exploitative child labour.

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(3) ensure access to free basic education, and, wherever possible and appropriate, vocational training, for all children removed from the worst forms of child labour; (4) identify and reach out to children at special risk; and (5) take account of the special situation of girls.

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Para 322 of the IACHR judgment says States must take 5 measures: (1) prevent the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labour; (2) provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance for the removal of children from the worst forms of child labour;

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As the ILO and others talk lot about child labour this month, let us thank the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for a clear statement (2016) about five priorities for governments concerning child labour: https://t.co/GBvRVCyV7Y

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@Angel of Mandalay. Let us not forget

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If you are involved in decisions affecting children who have been trafficked away from home (in another country), check out the new OSCE OSR report, Establishing National Focal Points to Protect Child Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings at https://t.co/mXiGuCK1oj

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As we face the worst crisis for the world's poorest since WW2, I’m asking @DominicRaab to safeguard the UK's long-term commitment to 0.7% #UKAid. The Government must set out how it will protect the most vulnerable, not just IN the UK, particularly children & migrants #SaveUKAid

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@barnardos Well done, Barnardo's, for giving us much needed advice on how to make progress in the face of prejudice and worse. What a pity that many of our MPs don't set a better example!

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"In a recent survey conducted by my embassy, 80 percent of those questioned said that knowing about the Essex tragedy did not change their plan to go to the U.K. illegally. They know that the journey will be difficult...but they go ahead anyway." https://t.co/IH8u4OSMgo

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Interesting comments on the term 'modern slavery' shared this evening during a Liverpool Uni webinar on Eradicating Modern Slavery Debate: Insights, Exhibits, and Actions. Rather more severe criticisms made today by UK Independent Commission on Aid Impact https://t.co/CXvtENyIwJ

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Swamiji brought the key PIL case to India’s Supreme Court (Bandhua Mukti Morcha v Union of India, Writ Petition No. 2135 of 1982) that resulted Justice Bhagwati’s famous judgment ““The system of bonded labour…constitutes an ugly and shameful feature of our national life”...