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Forced Marriage: How to reconcile differences in culture and tradition with law?

Recently in the UK, that age-old question has popped up again of how to reconcile differences between cultural/ traditional practices and human rights through law. The practice I’m talking about here is forced marriage, the human rights would be the abuse and lack of life choices by those forced into the marriage (likened to being …

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Is the Trafficking of Organs, Human Trafficking?

Imagine living in poverty. You are your household’s main breadwinner.  You are married and have four children who are all under the age of 18 and are depending on you to meet their most basic needs: shelter, food and clothing.  You have the opportunity to go to another country to work.  They will pay you …

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