'Will I ever get justice?': Nepal accused of failing trafficking survivors
by Pete Pattisson in Kathmandu from World news | The Guardian on (#2QV6Z)
Rights groups claim only two people have received compensation since law entitling survivors of human trafficking was introduced a decade ago
Rights groups in Nepal say they know of only two survivors of human trafficking who have received compensation under a law introduced a decade ago.
An act that came into force in 2007 guarantees compensation for trafficking victims (pdf), but only after the perpetrator has been convicted, a caveat that has left survivors facing years of traumatic court proceedings and threats from their traffickers.
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