Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange is a positive step, Ban says
17 October 2011 –
A United Nations human rights expert today urged Lebanon to introduce laws to protect the estimated 200,000 domestic workers in the country, warning that many of them live in conditions of servitude and are subject to physical or sexual abuse and economic exploitation.
Gulnara Shahinian, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, said Lebanon’s population of migrant domestic workers – the majority of whom are women – are .... [More]Tags:apostilleisrael-hamas prisoner exchange is a positive stepban saysfaqapostillefaq