Protect 15 Million Child Domestic Workers – International Groups Call for Ratification of ILO Treaty 25 February 2013 Blog, News 25 February 2013 Ten international organisations called on ministers of labor around the world to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention to protect the rights child domestic workers. The coalition sent a joint letter released today. The International Labour Organization’s…
Uzbekistan 2012 Cotton Harvest: Continued Forced Labor of Older Children and Adults 20 December 2012 Blog, News 20 December 2012 The 2012 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has concluded, and the system of forced labour of cotton production remained the same as in previous years. The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights and the Cotton Campaign (of which Anti-Slavery…
Make traffickers pay for victim justice, OSCE and CoE say 11 October 2012 Blog, News 11 October 2012 European governments must confiscate the assets of traffickers to fund compensation for victims to keep them safe from re-trafficking, say the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Executive Secretary of…
Forced labour warnings over fake jobs in run up to Olympics 27 June 2012 Blog, News 27 June 2012 With a month to go before the Olympics, prospective workers are being warned of the dangers of forced labour in London and especially of falling foul to false promises of jobs related to the Games. Speaking at…
Top UK high street brands selling clothes made through slavery 1 June 2012 Blog, News 1 June 2012 Download Report: Slavery on the high street. Forced labour in the manufacture of garments for international brands. Over a dozen major western clothing retailers, including high-street stores Marks and Spencer, Mothercare and the supermarket Tesco, are selling…
EU Support for ILO Mission Crucial to Ending Forced Child Labour 31 May 2012 Blog, News 31 May 2012 The European Union should urge the Uzbek government to grant access to the International Labour Organization (ILO) to monitor the 2012 cotton harvest, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations said in letters to the European Union High Representative…
New President must not forget Senegal’s begging children during ‘new era’, say NGOs 2 April 2012 Blog, News 2 April 2012 Senegal’s new government should make it a priority to protect the estimated 50,000 children forced to beg each day on the country’s streets, a coalition of Senegalese civil society organizations, Anti-Slavery International, and Human Rights Watch said…
Leading UK charitable organisations come together to set up Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group 16 July 2009 News 16 July 2009 Anti-Slavery International is one of the leading UK non-governmental organisations to set up a new Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, which aims to ensure that presumed trafficked persons in the UK can access their rights. The group seeks to…
Awarded for exposing the African country where 1 in 5 are slaves 22 May 2009 News 22 May 2009 SOS Esclaves have been awarded the 2009 Anti-Slavery Award for nearly 15 years of fighting slavery in Mauritania, a country where an estimated 18 per cent of the population, or 600,000 people, are born and continue to…
Free teacher training programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade 20 July 2008 News 20 July 2008 Anti-Slavery International and Inner Vision are delighted to offer four INSET days at the Museum in Docklands to support and empower established and trainee teachers to deliver classes on the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Key Stage…