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Anti-Slavery International needs your help in building support for the No Slavery, No Exceptions campaign. You can do this by signing the pledge below.

I support Anti-Slavery International's No Slavery, No Exceptions campaign which calls on all governments and international organisations to commit to eradicating all forms of slavery by 2015 and to put in place and fully implement national and regional action plans to achieve this (see below for more details of the action plans).

 

These action plans should:

• Ensure that appropriate and specific legislation to criminalise slavery practices exists and is effectively enforced, along with other relevant labour laws which can help prevent slavery practices (e.g. laws relating to minimum wage, non-discrimination, regulation of recruitment agencies, the rights to organise and collective bargaining, etc.).
  
  
• Address issues which may undermine the application of these laws such as weak or inadequately resourced institutions, impunity or corruption and by encouraging victims of slavery to come forward by ensuring they receive properly assistance and protection and are not discriminated against or re-victimised.
  
  
• Facilitate the identification and release of those in slavery through research, appropriate labour inspection and regulation systems, outreach work to organise, unionise and monitor at-risk sectors, along with public awareness-raising around workers' rights and the existence of slavery practices.
  
  
• Introduce prevention policies which target the links between slavery, discrimination and social exclusion, such as land reform, rural development programmes, micro-credit schemes, providing equal access to education, health care, and sustainable livelihoods, and initiatives to empower affected groups.
  
  
• Be publicly and repeatedly endorsed at the highest political level and implemented in a set timeframe by a multi-agency group. Progress made and problems encountered in eliminating slavery should be shared at a regional and international level, including through regular reports and full co-operation with the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery.