No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Declaring that effective action to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children, requires a comprehensive international approach in the countries of origin, transit and destination that includes measures to prevent such trafficking, to punish the traffickers and to protect the victims of such trafficking, including by protecting their internationally recognized human rights, . . .

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially women and Children, Supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational organized Crime

We were their sexual fantasy. These fools would walk into the parlor and with a stupid grin on their face call out, “Natasha!” like we were some kind of Russian doll. And we were expected to smile and rush over to them. . . . Natasha was my nightmare.

Marika was my salvation. I never told any of those men my real name. And they never asked.

Cited in Victor Malarek, The Natashas: The new global sex trade