Climate change and modern slavery: a vicious circle 9 April 2021 Blog Climate change and modern slavery are serious challenges that need to be tackled together. Climate change affects everyone. Changing weather patterns have left millions of people at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods; environmental degradation is pushing millions more…
‘New Plan for Immigration’: impact on children needs to be mitigated 7 April 2021 Blog ECPAT UK’s CEO, Patricia Durr, explains how the Government’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ will affect child victims of trafficking and exploitation Asylum reform proposals had been trailed for some time before the Home Office published a statement on 20 March, claiming…
The New Plan for Immigration won’t help survivors of modern slavery 26 March 2021 Blog Anti-Slavery International’s UK Policy Manager Kate Roberts explains why the Government’s New Plan for Immigration could leave survivors struggling for sustainable freedom from exploitation The rhetoric and proposals that emerged from the Home Office on 24 March were, the Government…
Turkmenistan cotton harvest continued to use forced labour in 2020 23 March 2021 Blog A blog by Ruslan Myatiev, Editor of Turkmen.news, on how you could help to discourage businesses from using cotton tainted by human rights abuses in Turkmenistan The 2020 Turkmenistan cotton harvest has recently come to an end. Turkmenistan, a Central Asian…
European Parliament champions new business law to protect people and planet 15 March 2021 Blog One step closer to a world where people and planet come before profit On 10 March, a large majority of members of the European Parliament supported a report setting out a proposal for a new law that will mean that…
The G7, climate action and tackling modern slavery 4 March 2021 Blog As 2021 G7 President the UK has an unmissable opportunity to set the world on a path toward building a climate resilient future – a blog by Fran Witt. In June 2021 the UK will host the G7, the forum…
An Open Letter to the Fashion and Home-Furnishing Industries 2 March 2021 News Time is up. We, the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region, call on all companies to urgently end all links to Uyghur forced labour. The government of China is perpetrating mass human rights abuses against Uyghur and…
Over half a million people across the globe tell the EU to hold business accountable 23 February 2021 News Brussels – Over half a million people around the globe have demanded a strong EU law to hold corporations accountable for their impact on human rights, including trade union and workers’ rights, and the environment. These demands were made as…
NRM Multi-Agency Assurance Panels: do they work? 19 February 2021 Blog A blog by Amber Cagney, Development Manager at West Midlands Anti Slavery Network In October 2017, the UK Government announced a number of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) to make decision making quicker and more certain. The reforms…
EU moves closer to preventing forced labour and child labour for millions worldwide 9 February 2021 News New corporate due diligence law could put an end to profit from forced labour and child labour Brussels, 8 February 2021 We are on the brink of a major opportunity to advance and protect human rights for people all over…