Working abroad may increase chances of abuse. A Ugandan woman gave an agent $400 to secure her a job in a mall in Dubai. But in the [...]
Source: Human Rights Watch
Child Bride Attempts Suicide in Lebanon
The attempted suicide of a 16-year-old girl in Lebanon should send a clear signal to the country’s parliament: it’s time to [...]
U.S. and French politicians join calls on FIFA to pay up for migrant workers
This week, more than 120 French politicians signed a petition calling on the world’s soccer governing body FIFA “to set up, as soon as [...]
Guidelines to Protect Migrant Construction Workers
In this article, Human Rights Watch provides guidelines to protect migrant construction workers and asks that companies in the Gulf [...]
Kyrgyzstan Must Act to Stop Bride Kidnappings
A year after the killing of university student Burulai Turdaaly Kyzy, Human Rights Watch is calling on the government of Kyrgyzstan to [...]
States at COP27 must push climate action without modern slavery
States are gathering in Egypt on Sunday for the COP27 UN climate summit where the importance of pushing for human rights-based climate [...]
Child Fighters Increase in Afghanistan
Child fighters have been added in greater numbers to Taliban forces in Afghanistan since 2015, according to Human Rights Watch...
Marine Stewardship Council Fails to Clean Up Seafood Supply Chains
The Marine Stewardship Council’s new Chain of Custody Certification will not be effective in identifying, preventing, or [...]
Can private inspections and certification schemes really fix forced labor?
A new report by Human Rights Watch explores the potential of audits and certification schemes to hold companies accountable for labor [...]
2022 World Cup and Human Rights Abuses
In preparation of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a dozen stadiums will be constructed or reconstructed and transit and other [...]
Migrant Workers in Qatar Defy Ban, Strike for Labor Rights
Hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar went on strike this week to protest labor conditions and the the failure of the Qatari government [...]
Frontex complicit in modern slavery and abuse in Libya
“About half an hour after we left… we heard a drone over our head… Two hours later… a boat appeared: it was the Libyans,” Abu [...]
Children Toil on Tobacco Farms
Thousands of children toil on tobacco farms. For example Thirteen-year-old Ayu worked for several seasons on her family’s tobacco farm [...]
World Cup workers in Qatar remain unprotected from wage delays
A Human Rights Watch investigation has uncovered months of delayed wages by World Cup-linked employers in Qatar—despite a government [...]
Migrant workers in U.S. to receive protection when reporting labor abuses
Under new guidance announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security migrant workers with insecure immigration status or under [...]
International Labour Conference
The 2016 International Labour Conference begins today in Geneva and will lead to discussions of "decent work" in supply chains... [...]
U.N. establishes fact-finding body in Libya
The United Nations Human Rights Council has taken an important step to investigate abuses by all sides in Libya — including human [...]
Spain debates sex work law that will increase risk of exploitation
A dangerous new law to criminalize sex work is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to [...]
Child Soldiers in Yeman
Child soldiers now make up 1/3 of the fighters in Yeman. Houthi forces, government and pro-government forces and extremist armed [...]
North Korean detention system involves forced labor among other horrific abuses
A new report from Human Rights Watch has revealed that North Korea’s pretrial detention and investigation system has uncovered grave [...]
Kafala System Entraps Domestic Workers
A Kafala system traps migrant domestic worker like Latika who tells her story about ending up as a slave in Muscat, Oman...
Sudanese migrant workers tricked into work in war-torn Libya
Hundreds of Sudanese men recruited to work as security guards in the United Arab Emirates late last year were deceived into working [...]
Absent From Class–120 Million Children
There are 120 million children absent from class around the globe. This is an education deficit in our world...
Lebanon’s vaccine rollout risks excluding migrants and refugees
Migrants and refugees in Lebanon, including many survivors of modern slavery, are at risk of being left behind by the government’s [...]