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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 [...]

Male Guardianship System in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system continues to be the greatest obstacle to women’s rights even though there have been limited [...]

Success! Freedom United community pushes for New York to ban child marriage

Last week, New York became the sixth state in the U.S. to ban child marriage after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that [...]

Saudi Arabia and Rights of Migrant Workers

There is concern that while Saudi Arabia's labor reforms can help prevent abuses, they do not cover domestic help and may foster [...]

Refugee Education in Lebanon

Refugee Education. But after five years of conflict, 250,000 children—that's half of the school-aged Syrian children in Lebanon--are [...]

Outside of the Lusail stadium, strikingly gold against a blue sky

FIFA claims workers gain “dignity and pride”, ignoring harsh conditions

At a press conference held on May 2, when asked by the host and MSNBC reporter if FIFA would use its World Cup profits to make [...]

Human Rights Activist Arrested

Several human rights organizations are calling for justice, asking Uzbek authorities to release Uktam Pardaev, a long-time activist who [...]

Tanzanian Domestic Workers Abused in the Gulf

Human Rights Watch is reporting that Tanzanian domestic workers in Oman and the UAE are being abused through an exploitative [...]

Survivors tell of horrors migrant women face in Libya

“Deterrence by drowning”: why the E.U. must create safe migration channels

Last week, Loujin, a four-year-old girl from Syria, spent days stranded on a boat before eventually dying at sea, according to Human [...]

Working Abroad May Increase Chances of Abuse

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 [...]

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 [...]