Nicaraguan Parliament Condemns Impeachment Of Brazilian President

Nicaraguan Parliament Condemns Impeachment Of Brazilian President

29 April 2016 – A United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of El Salvador to develop and implement a wide range of initiatives to protect the victims of contemporary forms of slavery, such as forced labour and domestic servitude.

“All measures should include children forced do hazardous work, children forced to conduct illicit activities for gangs and girls and women forced into sexual slavery by gang members,” said Urmila Bhoola, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery at the end of her first official visit to the country.

“These forms of slavery are both a cause and consequence of poverty, social exclusion, internal and external displacement of communities, as well as crime,” Ms. Bhoola said, stressing that “protecting the human rights of victims of slavery is of paramount importance as they are often the most vulnerable and discriminated against with women and children invariably being amongst the most severely affected.”

The Special Rapporteur noted that a comprehensive legal framework exists in the country that penalizes slavery and slavery-like practices, and praised the positive progress made by stakeholders.

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