The U.S. State Department’s main effort to combat human trafficking will be the topic of a hearing planned by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House congressional panel that oversees global human rights issues, and author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a law which mandates the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP).  

“Demanding Accountability: Evaluating the 2015 “Trafficking in Persons Report,” is the title of the hearing to be held before the House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee on global human rights.

Who:              Members of the House global human rights subcommittee, and witnesses:

 

• Dr. Kari Johnstone, Ph.D. Principal Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
• Mr. James Carouso, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• The Honorable Mark Lagon, President of Freedom House (Former Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons Office at the U.S. Department of State). Founded in 1941 as the first American organization to advocate the advancement of freedom around the world, Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world and promoting democracy and fundamental human rights.

 

What:             Congressional hearing on human trafficking with US State Department

When:             Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m.  

Where:           Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor)

 

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