Forced Labor

Opaque Supply Chains are Hiding Whether the Fashion Industry is Benefiting from State-Imposed Forced Labor
December 8, 2020

Opaque Supply Chains are Hiding Whether the Fashion Industry is Benefiting from State-Imposed Forced Labor

The government of China is perpetrating human rights abuses on a massive scale in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur …

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Four Ways the Current Administration has Weakened Protections Against Labor Exploitation and Trafficking
October 27, 2020

Four Ways the Current Administration has Weakened Protections Against Labor Exploitation and Trafficking

The current administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on its broader attack on workers’ rights. Despite …

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The Moment of Truth for the Global Seafood Industry
October 13, 2020

The Moment of Truth for the Global Seafood Industry

On September 30, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that fish harvested by the distant water fishing (DWF) fleets …

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Race and Intersectional Identities within Modern Slavery and Human Rights
September 8, 2020

Race and Intersectional Identities within Modern Slavery and Human Rights

2020 has been an unprecedented year for many communities across the world as we face the impact of COVID-19. Families …

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Is Freedom for India’s Children Only a Temporary Respite?
August 25, 2020

Is Freedom for India’s Children Only a Temporary Respite?

The children traveled on foot.  And by train. Desperate to return home to Bihar, the children fled factories in Jaipur, …

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June 16, 2020

Is Prison Labor Hiding in Your Portfolio?

The descendants of slaves continue to be disproportionately imprisoned as if forever destined to be the source of cheap production …

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Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19
May 19, 2020

Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19

In October 2019,  BBC News Arabic conducted an undercover investigation in the Middle East. Two reporters, posing as a husband …

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May 5, 2020

Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19

This is the final part in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue.  The first two …

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COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
April 7, 2020

COVID-19 and Human Trafficking

The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs.  …

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Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain
March 10, 2020

Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain

For more than a decade, the international anti-modern slavery community has not come close to meeting its full potential. A …

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