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Addressing Emerging Human Trafficking Trends and Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
August 5, 2020

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

The COVID-19 pandemic created new risks and challenges to victims of trafficking (VoTs) and survivors of trafficking, as well as …

The importance of implementing the non-punishment provision: the obligation to protect victims
August 5, 2020

The importance of implementing the non-punishment provision: the obligation to protect victims

On World Day against Trafficking in Persons, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, publishes a final …

Sufficient progress not made to warrant Tier 2 ranking for Thailand in TIP Report 2020
August 5, 2020

Sufficient progress not made to warrant Tier 2 ranking for Thailand in TIP Report 2020

The U.S. State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2020 has maintained Thailand’s ranking at Tier 2, despite detailed and …

Addressing Forced Labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
August 5, 2020

Addressing Forced Labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

This brief is the first in a series that CSIS’s Human Rights Initiative (HRI) will produce to identify how businesses, …

Vulnerability,  Human Trafficking & COVID-19
August 5, 2020

Vulnerability, Human Trafficking & COVID-19

It is clear to counter-trafficking actors that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the measures put in place to confront it …

Human Rights Risks in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Practical Guidance for Investors
July 29, 2020

Human Rights Risks in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – Practical Guidance for Investors

There is a human rights crisis in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, known to local people as East Turkestan (Uyghur …

Can Blockchain Help Resolve Modern Slavery in Supply Chains?
July 29, 2020

Can Blockchain Help Resolve Modern Slavery in Supply Chains?

Blockchain can be used to create a record of transactions for anything of value. It is increasingly used to prove …

The Role of Technology in Countering Trafficking in Persons
July 29, 2020

The Role of Technology in Countering Trafficking in Persons

Opening statement by Chairman Bill Foster: Good morning, and welcome to today’s remote hearing entitled “The Role of Technology in …

The Turn Out
July 29, 2020

The Turn Out

In a small town in Southern Appalachia, a trucker must decide if he will stand up and take action against …

Seefar partnership testing ethical recruitment agency in India
July 25, 2020

Seefar partnership testing ethical recruitment agency in India

In collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), GFEMS is working with Seefar to launch and pilot The …