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It’s been 15 years since a universal treaty was adopted to fight human trafficking. What’s happened in that time? Here is a timeline…
A lot has transpired from 2000 when the United Nations passed, at the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons…to this year–2015–when we saw two important initiatives–both Britain’s Modern Slavery Act and the United Nation’s adoption of 17 Sustainable Goals.
On April 24, 2025, the advocacy group International Rights Advocates (IRA) filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Starbucks. The suit alleges that the global coffee giant knowingly profited from coffee harvested through forced labor in Brazil. Simultaneously, Coffee Watch submitted a petition to US Customs and Border Protection to block imports of coffee produced with forced labor. The case centers around eight Brazilian workers identified as
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