A United Nations report released Monday revealed that some 50 million people worldwide were living in "modern slavery" at the end of 2021, marking a significant setback in progress.

The United Nations report focuses on two areas of modern slavery: There is forced labor, which more than 27.6 million people — including 3.3 million children — are currently subjected to, and ...

Ten True Stories of Colonial Slavery is on view until March 30 at the visitors’ lobby of the United Nations in New York City. For more information, go to Visitor Centre New York | United Nations ...

Nearly 50 million people globally are living in "modern slavery" on any given day, the United Nations revealed in a report Monday, marking a significant increase from the same assessment five ...

The United Nations urged Libya to “take urgent action” to end the trade in enslaved people, a practice exposed by CNN’s exclusive reporting that showed human slave auctions in the country.

The United Nations has also adopted Dec. 2 as the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which highlights worldwide efforts to bring modern slavery to an end.

A slavery exhibition titled "Slavery. Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery," will open at the United Nations in New York. The exhibition will be open from Feb. 27 to March 30.

The United Nation’s (UN) International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed every year on March 25. On Monday, the chief of the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke out in favor of reparations for descendants of transatlantic slaves — claiming it’s a great way to pay for systemic racism. On the U.N ...

In 2016, the United Nations made an unprecedented judgment on U.S. domestic policy by noting that the United States should pay reparations for slavery. Both parties’ and the government’s lack ...