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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

COMMEMORATING JANUARY OF 2021 AS "RHODE ISLAND SLAVERY AND HUMAN

TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     

     Introduced By: Senators Morgan, Coyne, de la Cruz, Lombardi, Cano, Goodwin, and
Archambault

     Date Introduced: February 05, 2021

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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     WHEREAS, Human trafficking, as recognized and defined by the United Nations in the

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"Trafficking Protocol" is the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of

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persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of

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deception,…for the purpose of exploitation." Exploitation can include forced prostitution and

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other forms of sexual exploitation as well as forced labor. Women and children are particularly

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vulnerable to being exploited in these ways; and

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     WHEREAS, It is estimated that between 20 million and 40 million people are currently

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the victims of human trafficking and are being used as slaves in some capacity. The International

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Labour Office (ILO), estimates that human trafficking generates approximately $150.2 billion

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dollars in profit; and

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     WHEREAS, In January of 2018, National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention

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Month was first observed and $25 million was contributed to the Global Fund to End Modern

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Slavery, which provided for enhanced collaboration amongst nations and their law enforcement

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and other community and business organizations in order to dismantle transnational criminal

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organizations that are involved in human trafficking activities; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby commemorates

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January of 2021, as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month" in the State of

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Rhode Island; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

 

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, Joseph R.

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Biden, Jr., the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, and the Secretary-General of the United

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Nations, António Guterres.

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