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GUIDANCE Addressing Emerging Human Trafficking Trends and Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
November 22, 2021

GUIDANCE Addressing Emerging Human Trafficking Trends and Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “Human trafficking is always invisible. During a pandemic, it is easier to have cases going on that nobody …

Compendium on Promising Practices on Public-Private Partnerships to prevent and counter trafficking in persons
November 22, 2021

Compendium on Promising Practices on Public-Private Partnerships to prevent and counter trafficking in persons

Introduction Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a violation of human rights that severely impacts the lives of …

Do children have the right to decent work? It’s not so black and white
November 19, 2021

Do children have the right to decent work? It’s not so black and white

This year is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour to achieve SDG 8.7 to end child labor in …

Canada halts import of goods linked to forced labour from China, Malaysia
November 18, 2021

Canada halts import of goods linked to forced labour from China, Malaysia

In a first, the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a shipment of women’s and children’s clothing from China under a …

November 17, 2021

Ethanol: Brazil’s sugar-based biofuel built on labor abuse

Pedro was just seven when he started work on a sugarcane farm with his father after refusing to go to …

Briefing for UK business leaders: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery
November 17, 2021

Briefing for UK business leaders: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery

Summary The pandemic and resulting lockdowns have increased vulnerability to modern slavery around the world, as many of the underlying …

Policy Brief: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery
November 17, 2021

Policy Brief: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery

Overview This Policy Brief by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC) draws on …

November 17, 2021

Senators push for more oversight after warning solar industry ‘exposed’ to China’s Xinjiang human rights violations

A group of senators, human rights experts and lawyers are calling on the federal government to assure Australian consumers that …

The Impact of Covid-19 on people at risk of forced marriage in the UK
November 17, 2021

The Impact of Covid-19 on people at risk of forced marriage in the UK

Before the pandemic, the UK forced marriage unit dealt with an average of 1350 cases per year. This dropped in …

November 15, 2021

Shein suppliers’ workers doing 75-hour week, finds probe

Workers for some suppliers of the Chinese fashion giant Shein are doing excessive overtime, a non-governmental organisation has suggested. A …