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Modern slavery is a term used to describe situations in which individuals are forced to work or provide services under conditions that are exploitative and abusive. Modern slavery can take many different forms, such as human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, or forced marriage. Victims of modern slavery are often deprived of their freedom and are unable to leave their situation due to threats, violence, or other forms of coercion. Modern slavery is a global problem and affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. It is condemned by international law and is a violation of human rights.
Government inspectors have found cases of debt bondage among seasonal agricultural workers in the UK, MPs have heard. Margaret Beels, director of labour market enforcement at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), told a committee of MPs she was “worried” that overseas recruitment had led to some seasonal workers being stuck in…
Greetings from the Mekong Club, On behalf of the Institute for Human Rights and Business and The Mission to Seafarers, we would like to thank those who were able to join our “Modern Slavery & Shipping: Exploitation at Sea” webinar. We hope you enjoyed it! You can find a recording of the presentation HERE. (Editor’s note: it is also embedded above.) I…
In a report this week, Australia’s Clean Energy Council is calling for more local manufacturing of renewable energy products in response to growing evidence of modern slavery in the global clean energy industry. The Guardian reports, Released on Tuesday, the paper said slavery in all supply chains was a global problem. But Australia is on…
Hope for Justice is a charity working to bring an end to modern slavery and human trafficking, and to protect the human rights of victims and survivors. They are active in the United Kingdom, United States, Cambodia, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia and Uganda. Their multi-disciplinary model is based on four pillars: preventing exploitation; rescuing victims; restoring lives;…
November 28, 2022 • 10:28 am • Terry FitzPatrick November 28, 2022 Dear United States Senators: We, a community of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-trafficking leaders working to end human trafficking, declare in solidarity that we strongly support the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). We are grateful for the energy and attention…
More people are trafficked to the Glasgow area than any other part of Scotland. Worryingly the numbers forced into slavery, sexual exploitation, criminality and even organ harvesting are growing as ruthless gangs profit from desperate people. Police figures reveal that over the past three years more than 1,400 victims of modern slavery have been recorded…
Appalling treatment of low-paid migrant workers in Qatar has been under the spotlight as the World Cup gets underway. Amid intense scrutiny on Qatar’s human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers, activists in the U.S. are raising their own concerns about similar treatment in the U.S. and inviting us to look inward at…
As the European Union develops new rules to hold companies accountable for social and environmental harms, such as deforestation and child and forced labor, the spotlight is on the chocolate industry. Cocoa production is notorious for causing adverse impacts on farming communities and the land. Companies and governments claim to be working to make cocoa more…
The phrase “just transition” is on everybody’s lips in the aftermath of COP27, but in the race toward cleaner energy, are we losing sight of what justice really looks like? A closer look at solar panel and electric transport supply chains suggest we may be sidelining human rights as we scale up solutions to the…
A new report by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has shed light on widespread abuse of migrant workers in Qatar as the World Cup gets underway. “Legacy of the kafala […]
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