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

Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.