The International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom is honored to publish this Book of Proceedings after two consecutive years of its Annual Convention held successfully in the Washington, DC area in the United States. Henceforth, successive volumes of our Book of Proceedings will be published every year. ICHRRF's Annual Convention has made an impact on presenters, attendees in the audience, as well as those who have watched recordings of the proceedings on the internet. Many speakers had vast prior experience in presenting such cases, while others were younger, passionate and upcoming researchers and advocates. They networked with one another as well as with interested members of the audience. The purpose of this volume is to document their contributions as well as the substance and scope of ICHRRF's work. This volume comprises the submissions of most but not all speakers at the Convention of 2023 and 2024. Those presenters wanted to be published and duly submitted their materials with verifiable references for all data points have been included here. Their materials have been included as is, with minor formatting changes. 

This book raises awareness about patterns of child and youth exploitation with a focus on exploitation in the United States. The authors highlight true stories of exploitation and abusive practices such as child labor law violations, forced marriage, and the troubled teen industry that were previously documented by human rights activists, journalists, academics, and legal minds. This book provides a brief overview of the history of child labor and identifies a timeline of unified efforts to reform labor laws. It reviews recently introduced legislation and comprehensive policy recommendations and concludes with macro-recommendations for eliminating exploitative practices. There are tips on how to get involved and resources for parents and youth. 

Since its inception, Bangladesh's non-Muslim demographic has reduced from approximately 25% to under 10% today. The genocide of 3 million Hindus during its struggle for independence from Pakistan was only the greatest unacknowledged event in this ethnic cleansing. Countless smaller eruptions of terrorism and rape have gone altogether unnoticed. On December 18, 2021, the Washington, DC based International Commission of Human Rights & Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) held Hearings on the escalating pattern of mob violence against Bangladesh's Hindu, Buddhist and Christian minorities. This followed two years of publishing regular Reports on various episodes of organized and state-abetted violence and vandalism against minorities. In particular, the country's Hindu minority has been held hostage by the state while being bled away slowly by state-sponsored or supported radical Islamist groups. This Hearings Report gives an overview of the historic and continuing pattern of the largest ethnic cleansing of the past century.