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Forced Labor
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 2: Understanding the Types of Prison Labor
Most people assume that in 1865 with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment slavery in the United States was abolished. However, forced labor still exists in the United States today through the exception built into the Thirteenth Amendment for those who have been “duly convicted of a crime”. This exception made it legal and permissible to continue slavery within prisons in the United States. This is commonly known now as prison labor.
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 1: An Overview
This is the first in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. Read part two here, …