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The Role of Criminal Prosecution in Anti-Trafficking Work
June 29, 2021

The Role of Criminal Prosecution in Anti-Trafficking Work

Listen to the podcast episode here. In this episode, Sam and Alicen speak with Senior Legal Counsel of the Human …

Responding to Sex Trafficking: Victim-Offender Intersectionality
June 29, 2021

Responding to Sex Trafficking: Victim-Offender Intersectionality

INTRODUCTION Lurking at the edges of almost two decades of progress in combatting sex trafficking in the United States is …

The Surprisingly Broad Implications of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe for Human Rights Litigation and Extraterritoriality
June 28, 2021

The Surprisingly Broad Implications of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe for Human Rights Litigation and Extraterritoriality

In Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe, the U.S. Supreme Court took up the question of corporate liability for human rights violations …

Ahead of Juneteenth, Merkley, Williams Propose Constitutional Amendment to Close Slavery Loophole in 13th Amendment
June 28, 2021

Ahead of Juneteenth, Merkley, Williams Propose Constitutional Amendment to Close Slavery Loophole in 13th Amendment

As Juneteenth approaches this weekend, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) have introduced the Abolition Amendment, …

The Development of US Anti-slavery Law: A Historical Review
June 28, 2021

The Development of US Anti-slavery Law: A Historical Review

The United Nations “Palermo Protocol” and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 were not the beginning of legal responses …

Withhold Release Order on Silica-Based Products Made by Forced Labor in Xinjiang
June 28, 2021

Withhold Release Order on Silica-Based Products Made by Forced Labor in Xinjiang

Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that DHS’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold …

Training Journalists and Activists in Mauritania
June 28, 2021

Training Journalists and Activists in Mauritania

Mauritania is one of 22 nations that have volunteered to show the world that progress is possible in the global …

FACT SHEET: New U.S. Government Actions on Forced Labor in Xinjiang
June 28, 2021

FACT SHEET: New U.S. Government Actions on Forced Labor in Xinjiang

At the recent G7 Summit in Cornwall, United Kingdom, the world’s leading democracies stood united against forced labor, including in …

Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labor
June 28, 2021

Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labor

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour (HRC) is pleased to announce today …

Doc2Work
June 28, 2021

Doc2Work

Winrock International, under the USAID Asia and Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons projects, is launching Doc2Work, an application that aims …