News & Events
Statements, member articles, letters of support, and gatherings advancing global anti-trafficking policy.
Events
WEBINAR: Survivor Solutions to Stopping Elite Human Trafficking Rings
May 20, 2026
Events
ATIP Global Policy Summit Convenes at U.S. Capitol
September 18, 2025
Events
ATIP Policy Dinner and International Security Forum - Spanish Senate
June 26, 2025
Member Articles
ITHT Founder Anne Basham: The Principle of Non-Punishment - historic bill in the United States
June 8, 2025
Events
Strengthening Global Defenses: OSCE SR for Combating Trafficking Meets with the Taskforce
April 22, 2025
Member Articles
Rushan Abbas: Legislating Freedom - How Laws Can Stop the State-Sponsored Human Trafficking of the Uyghur People
January 27, 2025
Blogs
Global Action Against Human Trafficking: 2024 Impact
December 23, 2024ITHT
Recommended Interventions
ITHT Legislative Guide to Stopping Orphanage Trafficking
December 6, 2024
Portal Legislation & Policies
The Model Law on Orphanage Trafficking from Lumos
December 6, 2024
Blogs
Introducing the First-Ever Legislators Guide to Stop Orphanage Trafficking - A Global Initiative to Protect Vulnerable Children
October 19, 2024
Member Articles
UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner Eleanor Lyons: Preventing modern slavery and human trafficking of children and young people
August 7, 2024
Events
Protecting the Future: Highlights from Our Quarterly Convening on Child Trafficking
July 17, 2024
Blogs
Why the UN Pact for the Future Should Include Human Trafficking
July 16, 2024
Member Articles
Hon. Anne Musiwa: Preventing Orphanage Trafficking Through Foster Care and Reclaiming the Family for Children in Africa
May 16, 2024
Events
April Taskforce Member Convening: Insights from the US TIP Ambassador Cindy Dyer
April 18, 2024
Additional Resources
BBC: Trafficked war babies of El Salvador search for their long-lost families
April 14, 2024
Events
Increasing Victim Identification in a Medical Setting: ITHT's First Quarterly Virtual Convening of 2024
January 25, 2024
Blogs
ITHT Member Congressman Burgess Owens makes important message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 2, 2023
Events
Huge victory at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly & Release of ITHT Orphanage Trafficking Toolkit
November 2, 2023
Events
DHS Director of the Center for Countering Human Trafficking Presents at the ITHT Quarterly Virtual Convening
October 18, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Volunteering, Voluntourism, Tourism and Trafficking in Orphanages
September 24, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children
September 9, 2023
Model Legislation
The Model Law on Orphanage Trafficking from Lumos, by Professor Parosha Chandran
September 8, 2023
Model Legislation
The Cambodian Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
September 7, 2023ITHT
Portal Legislation & Policies
Human Trafficking Laws by Country
September 4, 2023
Model Legislation
Legal Framework for Prosecuting Orphanage Trafficking: Occurring Country
September 4, 2023
Events
ITHT Hosts Global Leader Summit on Human Trafficking - Increasing Victim Identification
September 4, 2023
Model Legislation
Australian Modern Slavery Act: Connection to Orphanage Trafficking and Supply Chain Legislation
September 3, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Better Care Network: Voluntourism
August 14, 2023
Articles
Better Care Network: Child Exploitation
August 14, 2023ITHT
Additional Resources
VIDEO: 4 Cycles In Which Institutional Care and Trafficking Are Linked
August 14, 2023
Additional Resources
VIDEO: The Love You Give - The untold story of orphanages
August 14, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Walkfree Global Slavery Index: Modern Slavery Hubs by Hopeland
August 14, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
About Orphanage Trafficking: Key Indicators of Trafficking & Report from the Better Care Network & Griffith University
August 11, 2023
Model Legislation
BOOK: Orphanage Trafficking in International Law by Dr. Kate van Doore
August 5, 2023
Blogs
August 3rd - Remembrance Day for the Yazidi Genocide: the Intersection of Human Trafficking and Terrorism
August 3, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Hague Convention Toolkit for Preventing and Addressing Illicit Practices in Intercountry Adoption
August 1, 2023ITHT
Recommended Interventions
Strengthening the Legislative Response to Human Trafficking Risks for Ukrainian Refugees
July 7, 2023
Letters of Support
Shiqipe Selimi MP - Kosovo
July 4, 2023
Letters of Support
Rt. Hon. Karen Bradley MP - UK
July 4, 2023
Letters of Support
Arnold Viersen MP - Canada
July 4, 2023
Letters of Support
Rozalia Biro MP - Romania
June 30, 2023
Letters of Support
Congressman Burgess Owens - USA
June 30, 2023
Letters of Support
Rushan Abbas - Lived Experience Expert - Uyghur Autonomous Region
June 30, 2023
Letters of Support
Davis Opoku MP - Ghana
June 30, 2023
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Paper Orphans: Preventing Illegal Intercountry Adoptions
June 28, 2023
Statements
Working Group on Orphanage Trafficking and Exploitation in Residential Care Settings
June 18, 2023ITHT
Portal Articles & News
2023 U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report
June 15, 2023ITHT
Portal Articles & News
2023 Walk Free Global Slavery Index
June 1, 2023
Blogs
International Women's Day 2023 - Why Women Should Have a Seat at Every Table in Governments Around the World
March 3, 2023
Member Articles
Winning the Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery - "The Hill" - by Congressman Burgess Owens
January 31, 2023
Events
A Policy Dinner of Hope: Addressing Human Trafficking with Australian MPs
January 20, 2023
Blogs
How Every Lawmaker Can Be Part of the Solution to Human Trafficking
January 10, 2023
Blogs
Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Trafficking in Orphanages
December 16, 2022
Statements
Stopping Online Child Sexual Exploitation
November 17, 2022ITHT
Portal Legislation & Policies
Global Human Trafficking Protocol for Healthcare Providers
October 23, 2022ITHT
Portal Reports
2022 U.S. Survivor Advisory Council on Human Trafficking Annual Report
September 23, 2022
Statements
50 Million People are Trapped in Modern Slavery
September 15, 2022ITHT
Portal Reports
2022 ILO (International Labour Organization) Global Estimates of Modern Slavery
September 12, 2022ITHT
Additional Resources
VIDEO: TedX - Why We Need to End the Era of Orphanages | Tara Winkler
September 12, 2022
Statements
One Year Anniversary of the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
August 9, 2022
Blogs
July 30th, 2022 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Universal Standardized Indicators of Trafficking
July 30, 2022
Member Articles
Russia and China use human trafficking, and its not just a human rights issue, it's a global security issue - "The Hill" - by Rushan Abbas and Anne Basham
July 29, 2022
Member Articles
Go beyond your jurisdictions to tackle human trafficking - by Davis Opoku MP
July 12, 2022ITHT
Recommended Interventions
OSCE National Referral Mechanism Handbook
January 2, 2022
Member Articles
How sex trafficking funds the Taliban and terrorism - "The Washington Times" - by Anne Basham
September 16, 2021
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
Cycles of Exploitation: Lumos
August 11, 2021ITHT
Portal Legislation & Policies
UNODC Trafficking in Persons Model Legislation Book
June 19, 2020ITHT
Additional Resources
VIDEO: The Fake Orphan Trade
March 2, 2020
Reports on Orphanage Trafficking
2018 U.S. Trafficking in Persons Report: Special Interest Section on Child Institutionalization
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