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The Congo, cobalt and cash: what connects SDGs 9 and 8.7?
November 29, 2021

The Congo, cobalt and cash: what connects SDGs 9 and 8.7?

The Rights Track podcast gets the hard facts about the human rights challenges facing the world today and aims to …

Your Role in Preventing Human Trafficking – A Training by EPCAT USA
November 26, 2021

Your Role in Preventing Human Trafficking – A Training by EPCAT USA

The hospitality industry is in a unique position to identify and report human trafficking due to its perceived anonymity. Traffickers …

A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution
November 24, 2021

A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution

The quest for Congo’s cobalt, which is vital for electric vehicles and the worldwide push against climate change, is caught …

November 23, 2021

Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world

The CubeSat is a small but mighty bit of tech. About the size of a shoebox, the tiny satellites were …

United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto
November 22, 2021

United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto

Foreword With the signing of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Palermo, Italy, in December 2000, the …

UK investigates supplier of NHS PPE over alleged use of forced labour
November 22, 2021

UK investigates supplier of NHS PPE over alleged use of forced labour

Supermax was contracted to supply 88.5m rubber gloves to the NHS. Photograph: Tim de Waele/Getty Images The government has launched …

November 22, 2021

COVID-19: Victims of human trafficking left unemployed in Vietnam

Hanoi (Vietnam), 4 June 2020 – Survivors of human trafficking in Vietnam are now facing an uncertain future after losing the …

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 …