Forced Labor

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Calling for an end to forced labor

Friday July 31, 2020

UPDATE April 2022: Big news! Australia finally ratifies the Forced Labour Protocol. We handed in 100,000+ Freedom United petition [...]

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World Day for International Justice

Wednesday July 8, 2020

On World Day for International Justice, the Freedom United community is seeking justice for victims and survivors of all forms of [...]

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What happened to me should never happen to anyone else

Thursday June 25, 2020

Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California under threat of violence, [...]

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Help protect farmworkers like me from modern slavery

Wednesday May 20, 2020

Descargue este blog en español Campaign Summary: Thousands of temporary workers are being trafficked into forced labor in California [...]

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“What is happening in my homeland is cultural genocide”

Friday May 15, 2020

Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut shares how the Chinese government’s repressive system of forced labor in the Uyghur Region has [...]

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Let’s remember that addressing racial discrimination is crucial to ending modern slavery

Friday March 20, 2020

Modern slavery can affect people of any gender, age, ethnicity, or race. However today on International Day for the Elimination of [...]

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Our executive director shares thoughts on coronavirus & modern slavery

Friday March 13, 2020

It’s hard to deny that the effects of coronavirus or Covid-19 are wide-reaching, as drastic attempts to reduce its impact become ever [...]

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Bangladesh film screening brings attention to labor issues in garment industry

Monday February 17, 2020

On Thursday night, Freedom United supporters gathered in New York City for a screening of Rubaiyat Hossain’s new docudrama Made in [...]

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France and Côte d’Ivoire make a strong commitment to ending forced labor

Thursday January 16, 2020

Freedom United gathers roundtable discussion in New York UN staff and NGO workers came together today for a lively roundtable [...]

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International Law on Forced Labor (C29)

Wednesday December 18, 2019

International Labour Organization (ILO) Forced Labour Convention 29 (C29) was introduced in 2014 to update the outdated 1930 [...]

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Latin American countries discuss national commitments to end forced labor

Thursday December 12, 2019

Freedom United promoting global standards in New York Campaign Update November 16, 2020: Costa Rica has officially ratified the Forced [...]

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Speak Free: Rallying against the private prison industry

Friday September 27, 2019

The private prison industry is under fire. As the nationwide immigration crackdown continues, it is outrageous that the country’s [...]