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Trafficking in persons is a vile crime that feeds on inequalities, instability and conflict. Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights.
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Women and children are disproportionately affected. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), young girls are the most demanded and profitable prey for traffickers. Above, a child stands in a curtained doorway in Yemen. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri
MINUJUSTH presents the 33 fables produced by young Haitians as part of the contest #OnceUponAFABLE, in partnership with the National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018
After 14 days of Introductory Dance labs, Kettly Noël young dancers presented an adaptation of her contemporary performance "Tichèlbè": engaged art against gender based violence. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018
UN police known as UNPOL (pictured) patrol in Timbuktu, in northern Mali, offering protection to people in the city against terrorist threats and organized crime. © Harandane Dicko, UN, 2018
A woman cradles her child in Kavimvira transit centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province. She is among hundreds of vulnerable Burundian refugees actively seeking safety there.
Children in Zataari Camp in Jordan. © ONU/Sahem Rababah
“Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, is a call to action for all of us to come together to combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. © Leonora Baumann / UN / MINUJUSTH, 2018
Nayma Haque and Tamanna-E-Lutfi are the two first female pilots to serve in a peacekeeping operation. © UN
At the National Penitentiary, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a UN corrections officer talks to an inmate. © UN