Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
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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.
Judgment
T.V. v. Spain, no. 22512/21
Significant shortcomings in domestic procedural response to applicant’s criminal complaint, supported by prima facie evidence, of having been a victim of human trafficking and forced prostitution.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Krachunova v. Bulgaria, no. 18269/18
Domestic courts’ dismissal of the compensation claim of a trafficking victim against her trafficker in respect of lost earnings from coerced prostitution.
Judgment | Legal Summary
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- Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (no. DH(62)10)
- Prohibition of slavery and forced labour (no. CDH(70)5)
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