Article 4 - Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
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F.M. and Others v. Russia, nos. 71671/16 and 40190/18
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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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.
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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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