Chad Makes Progress Combating Trafficking in Persons The Government of Chad made increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) over the past year, according to the U.S. Department of State’s 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report, released on June 20. As a result of the increasing efforts, Chad was upgraded to Tier 2 from Tier …
Read More» Executive Summary The constitution establishes the state as secular and affirms the separation of religion and state. It provides for freedom of religion and equality before the law without distinction as to religion. It prohibits “denominational propaganda” that inhibits national unity. The government maintained its ban on the leading Salafist association, but anecdotal evidence continued …
Read More» Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. The country’s trafficking problem is primarily internal and frequently involves children being entrusted to relatives or intermediaries in return for promises of education, apprenticeship, goods, or money, and subsequently subjected to forced labor in domestic service or herding. …
Read More» EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Chad is a centralized republic in which the executive branch dominates the legislature and judiciary. In April, President Idriss Deby Itno, leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), was elected to a fifth term with 59.92 percent of the vote. While the election was orderly and had a high voter turnout, it …
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