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Undocumented migrant worker in Malaysia wins right to be heard

Undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia have the right to seek relief from exploitation and file suit for unpaid wages despite their legal status, a Malaysian court has ruled.The Shah Alam …

UN: 2021 declared International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour

The UN General Assembly has urged the international community to step up efforts to eradicate forced labour and child labour, and declared 2021 as the Year for the Elimination of …

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The Price You Pay: How Purchasing Practices Harm Turkey’s Garment Workers

Exploitation and abuse of Syrian refugees who make ‘fast fashion’ for the high streets of Paris, London and Berlin continues, despite three years of revelations. This report explains the root …

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Hotel’s threat to deport worker may have violated trafficking law – 2nd Circuit

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a Filipino guest worker’s claims that a hotel operator violated a human trafficking law by threatening to have him deported if he quit …

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Human Trafficking at Home: LABOR TRAFFICKING OF DOMESTIC WORKERS

This report, a joint project of Polaris and the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), is an attempt to put legal and societal recommendations forward by compiling and sharing qualitative and …

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Workers in Spain’s Strawberry Fields Speak Out on Abuse

ALMONTE, Spain — A little over a year ago, a young mother left her children in the care of her husband in Morocco and went to work on a strawberry …

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Woman and Child Trafficking in India: A Criminal Nursery

This paper summarizes the legal provisions that prevent human trafficking in India, with a comparative lens on international laws. The paper also discusses the barriers to the implementation of anti-trafficking …

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Empty Promises: The Failure of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives to Improve Farmer Incomes in the Ivorian Cocoa Sector

Between October 2018 and March 2019, Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) staff interviewed farmers, tribal leaders in cocoa-growing villages, cocoa cooperatives and local and international NGOs to assess the impact of …

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Suit alleging US chocolate makers collaborated in slave labor proceeds

A federal appeals court in San Francisco reaffirmed its ruling Friday that youngsters on cocoa plantations in Africa can sue U.S. chocolate makers for allegedly collaborating in slave labor. But …

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Press Release: Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court’s Conviction of Human-Trafficking Defendants in Kantang District

Supreme Court Upholds Appeals Court’s Conviction of Human-Trafficking Defendants in Kantang District. Former President of Trang Fisheries Association along with Other Five Defendants Sentenced to Ten Years in Jail and …

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