Human Trafficking Timeline Archives
Human Trafficking Timeline

6/25/2013: UN rights expert urged Morocco to combat human trafficking

6/20/2013: Supreme Court ruled US cannot withhold HIV/AIDS funding over prostitution stance

6/3/2013: Japan and UN reached agreement to combat drug and human trafficking

1/4/2013: Tennessee judged ruled law concerning human trafficking unconstitutional

11/7/2012: ACLU challenged California’s Proposition 35

9/25/2012: Obama signed order strengthening protections against human trafficking

7/20/2012: Federal judge dismissed largest US human trafficking case

6/26/2012: UN rights expert urged focus on victims of human trafficking

4/17/2012: UN agency signed agreement to combat human trafficking

4/3/2012: UN sought stronger effort in worldwide battle against human trafficking

11/1/2011: UN agencies signed agreement to combat human trafficking

8/22/2011: UN rights expert urged Thailand to combat human trafficking

6/29/2010: UN reported human trafficking was a growing problem in Europe

6/22/2010: Kenya parliament gave preliminary approval to anti-human trafficking bill

6/14/2010: State Department reported that human trafficking was a “serious problem” in US

1/7/2010: Europe court ruled sex trafficking violated human rights convention

6/16/2009: US human trafficking report added six countries to worst offenders list

3/25/2009: Rights group claimed US immigrant policy violated international law

3/24/2008: Guatemala adoption agency lawyers were charged in human trafficking case

10/5/2007: Bulgaria rejected legalizing prostitution in policy reversal

9/24/2007: Hungary licensing of sex workers was said to violate human trafficking treaty

6/12/2007: US human trafficking report cited Islamic states for inaction

5/16/2007: EU cracked down on employers of illegal immigrants

1/24/2007: Italy probe yielded 2,000 human trafficking suspects

6/5/2006: US reported human trafficking still major problem

4/25/2006: US military cracked down on human trafficking violations in Iraq

4/24/2006: UN agency criticized efforts to slow human trafficking

3/17/2006: ASEAN acknowledged slow progress on establishment of human rights institution

1/1/2006: Illinois human trafficking law took effect

10/20/2005: EU outlined plan to combat human trafficking

8/30/2005: UN rights chief stated human trafficking was on the rise

7/5/2005: Five European countries announced plan to start joint deportation flights

7/1/2005: Turkish parliament overrode presidential veto of penal code

6/3/2005: US rebuked 14 nations over human trafficking

4/25/2005: UN delegates pledged closer cooperation in fighting crime, terror

1/4/2005: Indonesia moved to preempt child trafficking after tsunami

THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.