The 13th session, per decided by States Parties at the 12th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) in June 2019, will be scheduled to take place at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 10 to 12 June 2020 **, during which an election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities will be conducted.

The local winners of the Seedstars World Competition (SSW) 2020 have been announced. From over 5,000 applicants, 94 tech startups from emerging markets were selected to advance to the regional stage of the competition. The local winners are set to represent their respective countries as they compete for a spot at the Global Finale, where the grand prize is $500K in funding.

Twenty-five million people are trapped in forced labour worldwide – like the butcher portrayed in the El Patron movie by ILO advocate, Joaquin Furriel. To mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, the ILO has published a toolkit to help governments design National Action Plans to combat forced labour. There is need for a new treaty!!!

More than 40 million people are still victims of contemporary slavery....