Thousands of children toil on tobacco farms. For example Thirteen-year-old Ayu worked for several seasons on her family’s tobacco farm [...]
Source: Human Rights Watch
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 [...]
Profitably fatal: Bangladeshi shipyards
Bangladesh is the top country where ships are sent to be scrapped and broken down when they are at the end of their life cycle. [...]
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 [...]
Freedom United and partners hold Volkswagen’s feet to the fire
This week, Volkswagen held its annual general meeting and advocates, including the Freedom United community, had one required item for [...]
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 [...]
European Union finally says “no” to products made with forced labor
In a decisive step towards cleaning up supply-chains, the European Union has approved a law forbidding the sale of products made with [...]
Human Rights in Supply Chains
Human rights are at risk. In the globalized economy in which we live, businesses across all sectors find sources of good ans services [...]
Sufficient progress not made to warrant Tier 2 ranking for Thailand in TIP Report 2020
Complaint Against World Bank Regarding Uzbekistan
A complaint was filed against the World Bank's private lending division by a victim of forced labor and three Uzbek human rights [...]
MSC’s Revised Chain of Custody Certification Fails to Adequately Address Forced Labor and Child Labor in Seafood Supply Chains
Migrant Domestic Workers Trapped in Oman
Migrant domestic workers are trapped behind closed doors in abusive labor situations in Oman, one of the Gulf States...
Letter to Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Afghanistan–The Pain of Child Labor
Nearly a quarter of the Afghan children--ages 5 and 14--have jobs to help their families survive. A number of them work in hazardous [...]
Joint Civil Society Statement concerning Implementation of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930
North Korea Fails Labor Rights
Pyongyang Uses ‘Predatory’ Labor Abuses to Build Economy(Seoul) – On October 10, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the [...]