Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
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I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 36436/22
Alleged failure of the domestic authorities to protect the applicant, a woman with intellectual disabilities, from trafficking and servitude after her removal from State care and placement with a family where she was forced to work without pay.
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F.M. and Others v. Russia, nos. 71671/16 and 40190/18
Article 14 in conjunction with Article 4: failure to protect irregular female migrant workers from human trafficking and servitude and to investigate the crimes committed against them.
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B.B. v. Slovakia, no. 48587/21
Failure to carry out an effective investigation into credible suspicion of human trafficking, limiting the prosecution and conviction to the offence of pimping which carried lighter penalties.
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- Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (no. DH(62)10)
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