This is the republication of the foreword to the report published by Human Rights at Sea entitled “Does it Do what it says on the [...]
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The unusual break the World Cup 2022 brought
With Lionel Messi captaining, Argentina’s third win at the World Cup 36 years after their second, may not be considered especially [...]
Open letter to FIFA and Qatar ahead of the World Cup final and International Migrants Day
To Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA; Dr Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, Minister for Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs [...]
Chocolate companies must pay a living income price for cocoa, says 2022 Cocoa Barometer
Sustainable chocolate won’t become a reality until companies start paying a living income price for cocoa, according to the 2022 Cocoa [...]
E.U. Due Diligence: We’re running out of time, but this could be a game changer
Photo credit: Philip Reynaers / Photonews / Justice is Everybody’s Business European leaders are deciding on game-changing rules to [...]
Open Letter to CBP on Trade Data Transparency
This week, the news broke that a group of major U.S. businesses, including Walmart, General Motors and Intel, as part of the Commercial [...]
Driven out of a shelter because of my mental health issues
Jessie, a trafficking survivor, shares her experiences of living in a shelter Shelters for trafficking survivors in the U.S. are often [...]
Eight myths keeping cocoa farmers in poverty
Recent years have seen important developments on the topic of living income for cocoa farmers, and yet, poverty is still a daily [...]
Designer Louise Xin’s mission to fight forced labor with fashion
Photo credit: Emma Grann Louise Xin makes stunning, one-of-a-kind dresses that almost float down runways with an ethereal quality. Xin [...]
EU: Tip the scales to put people and the planet before profits
Image credit: Philip Reynaers / Photonews / Justice is Everybody’s Business Time is up for companies profiting from modern slavery and [...]
A non-carceral approach to trafficking: Unpacking California’s Safer Streets for All Act
By Jamison Liang, Freedom United and Leigh LaChapelle, Cast The Safer Streets for All Act was signed into law on July 1, 2022 and will [...]
Anti-slavery and a human rights-centered just transition
The climate crisis is here, and people are feeling the consequences now: water shortages across Europe; wildfires in Spain, Portugal, [...]