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Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour

Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …

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NGOs file petition to prevent importation of chocolate made with child labor

Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL), International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) and the UC Irvine Civil Rights Litigation Clinic today submitted a petition under section 307 of the Trade Act of 1930 to …

BILL: BILL C-423 An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff

This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …

Indian couple gets jail in Singapore’s first labour trafficking conviction

An Indian couple was sentenced to more than five years in jail in Singapore on Tuesday for exploiting migrant women, the first labour trafficking conviction in the affluent nation that …

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Plight of migrant workers in Lebanon worsens

An estimated 250,000 migrant workers in Lebanon are excluded from labour-law protections, putting them at risk of exploitation and abuse, according to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. But their situation …

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Multi- and interdisciplinary journal on the nexus between human trafficking, enslavement and conflict-related sexual violence.

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Ghosn wasn’t the only one trapped in Japan — many foreign workers also want to escape

TOKYO — The great escape of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn and his tirade against Japan’s system of “hostage justice” may have grabbed the global spotlight, but there are many …

USING THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL UNDER CEDAW TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Human rights advocates have hailed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as an international bill of rights for women. The Convention and its …

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Qatar: End of Abusive Exit Permits for Most Migrant Workers

HRW Press Release: Qatar announced on January 16, 2020 that most migrant workers previously prevented from leaving the country without their employer’s permission, including domestic workers, will no longer need an …

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Qatar Further Eases Restrictions on Migrant Workers’ Exit

Qatar said on Thursday it had scrapped restrictions on leaving the country for nearly all migrant workers as part of reforms answering accusations of exploitation especially in the run-up to …

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