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New York: The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. In a message ahead of commemorations for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, on 2 December, Mr. Guterres said that societies remain scarred by the historical suffering of…
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has welcomed Cabinet’s approval of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill to decriminalise and protect sex workers. Decriminalisation of sex work Cabinet during its meeting on Wednesday approved the publishing of the amendment bill for public comments. The legislation repeals the Sexual Offences…
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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Traditional authorities have been urged to design and implement community bye-laws on eradicating child labour as a contribution to efforts towards a child labour free Ghana. The Regional Coordinator, Africa, of the Global March Against Child Labour, Andrew Addoquaye Tagoe, who made the call at Torkor in the Kpando Municipality during a community stakeholder meeting,…
10 November 2022 In the latest blog, Sian Lea and Rocio Domingo Ramos from the Business and Human Rights team discuss the proposed EU regulation to ban forced labour products and introduce our model law. Image credit: Alexandre Lallemand, via Unsplash. On 14 September 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a law…
Given that this is the nub of it, it is wholly bizarre that the global estimates barely mentions the Forced Labour Protocol, an international law agreed in 2014. Because this protocol answers that very question. The Forced Labour Protocol is about several things. But at its heart, it requires those governments that ratify it to…
03 November 2022 In our latest blog, Eunice Waweru from Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) – Anti-Slavery International partner in Kenya – exposes the exploitation of women in the flower industry in Kenya. Image credit: SL-Photography vis Shutterstock. Buying flowers can be a great way to express love and friendship, or to simply brighten up a…
Around forty NGOs and three Italian trade unions have sent an appeal to the Italian government demanding the Italy-Libya memorandum not be renewed. Italy has until November 2 to suspend the memorandum. If they fail to do so, it is automatically renewed for another three years. Italian trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL stated that,…
Editor’s note: 7.4 is key information (From below) 7. It will not be necessary to exhaust the previous conciliation stage in matters in which the workers’ claim is based on: Discrimination in employment and occupation due to pregnancy, as well as for reasons of sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnic origin, social status or harassment…
Image credit: Mind and I, via Shutterstock. Changes in the law can transform lives. We know this because we recently celebrated the end of systematic State-imposed forced labour in Uzbekistan after a 15-year-long campaign. This is why, in the UK, we continue to call for provisions that aim to both prevent modern slavery and provide…
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