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How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Adding to the World’s Slave Labor Workforce
June 24, 2020

How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Adding to the World’s Slave Labor Workforce

The economic disruption created by the Coronavirus pandemic could trap hundreds of thousands more workers around the world in modern …

Importing Freedom: Using the U.S. Tariff Act to Combat Forced Labor in Supply Chains
June 17, 2020

Importing Freedom: Using the U.S. Tariff Act to Combat Forced Labor in Supply Chains

An increasingly interconnected world has led to sprawling supply chains across the globe. But what is the human cost of …

Promising Practices: Lessons in the Use of Cash Transfers
June 17, 2020

Promising Practices: Lessons in the Use of Cash Transfers

Cash transfers are used as a tool to empower and protect vulnerable individuals, households, and other groups from shocks and …

Turkmenistan Cotton Harvest Webinar
June 17, 2020

Turkmenistan Cotton Harvest Webinar

The Government of Turkmenistan again forced tens of thousands of its citizens to pick cotton or pay for replacement pickers …

Distant Water Fishing Fleets – Preventing Forced Labour and Trafficking
June 17, 2020

Distant Water Fishing Fleets – Preventing Forced Labour and Trafficking

Distant water fishing is a lesser-known, lesser-scrutinised area by brands, investors, and consumers, and yet it engenders human rights risks …

Crisis in Human Trafficking During the Pandemic
June 17, 2020

Crisis in Human Trafficking During the Pandemic

Over the last few months, Polaris has been carefully tracking the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims and …

The Impact of COVID-19 on Trafficked Persons
June 15, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Trafficked Persons

TheCOVID-19crisishasapotentiallyfar-reaching,long term negative impact on trafficked and exploited persons. Although at this stage it is not yet possible to assess …

The Work That Makes All Other Work Possible
June 10, 2020

The Work That Makes All Other Work Possible

Domestic workers are entrusted with the most precious aspects of people’s lives — they’re the nannies, the elder-care workers and …

The Montreal Recommendations on Recruitment: A Road Map towards Better Regulation
June 10, 2020

The Montreal Recommendations on Recruitment: A Road Map towards Better Regulation

Regulators have a responsibility to establish and effectively enforce the legal and policy framework under which labour recruiters and employers …

Aggravating Circumstances: How Coronavirus Impacts Human Trafficking
June 10, 2020

Aggravating Circumstances: How Coronavirus Impacts Human Trafficking

The coronavirus is not only claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, but is also causing a global economic crisis that …