Stand in Support for Va Sex Trafficking Statute Monday 2/2/15

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HB 1964, Delegate Hugo's sex trafficking statute, will be heard Monday, February 2 in the Criminal Law subcommittee of the House Courts of Justice. 

Center for Global Justice Administrative Director Ernie Walton will be headed to Richmond with the Kids Are Not For Sale (KANFS) Virginia Coalition to stand in support of this important piece of legislation to help end sex trafficking in Virginia.

We invite everyone to attend and to wear red to support the Virginia Kids Are Not For Sale Coalition. 

Read the talking points of the bill here: http://sharedhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VA-Human-Trafficking-Bill-Fact-Sheet3.pdf

To learn more about human trafficking, see these articles written by Regent Law Professors Kathleen McKee, Lynne Marie Kohm, and Tessa Dysart:

• McKee, Kathleen A. and Kohm, Lynne Marie, Examining the Associations between Sustainable Development Population Policies and Human Trafficking (January 17, 2015). 23 Michigan State International Law Review 1 (2015).
• Tessa L. Dysart, Child, Victim, or Prostitute? Justice Through Immunity for Prostituted Children (June 2014). Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 21, 2014.

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