Celebrities call to end modern slavery to mark Anti-Slavery International’s 175th anniversary 23 September 2014 Blog, News 23 September 2014 Fundraising ball to mark the anniversary on Saturday 27 September in Grosvenor House, London Distinguished names from the world of film, fashion, music, art, and sport will gather on 27th September to mark 175th anniversary of the…
UK retailers sign up to project to tackle human trafficking in Thai fishing industry 8 September 2014 Blog, News 8 September 2014 On 8 September 2014, a coalition of 10 UK retailers and seafood importers and IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative joined forces with Project Issara to launch a pilot project in Thailand to identify and address risks of human…
Human rights struggle icon Helen Bamber dies 22 August 2014 Blog, News 22 August 2014 I only met Helen Bamber once: we were both doing a TV interview and chatted over a cup of tea while we waited to get called in. It started as one of those “What are you going…
UK Supreme Court: trafficked people have right to claim damages irrespective of their immigration status 30 July 2014 Blog, News 30 July 2014 Trafficked people have the right to recover damages from their traffickers irrespective of their immigration status, Supreme Court ruled after intervention from Anti-Slavery International. In a landmark judgment on the first ever modern slavery case heard by…
Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group publishes Alternative Modern Slavery Bill 22 July 2014 Blog, News 22 July 2014 The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) has created an Alternative Modern Slavery Bill, to assist in the scrutiny and strengthening of the government’s Modern Slavery Bill currently before the Parliament. At present, the Modern Slavery Bill drafted by…
Anti-Slavery calls for Forced Labour Protocol 28 May 2014 Blog 103rd International Labour Conference (ILC) started in Geneva, with governments debating an update to the ILO Forced Labour Convention C29. Anti-Slavery International director Aidan McQuade addressed the delegates and urged them to agree a binding Protocol that could stand a…
Report: Into the Unknown 7 May 2014 Blog, News New report: Widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon a direct consequence of the systems in place in both countries. 7 May 2014 New research looking at the vulnerabilities to widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers…
Parliamentary Committee on Modern Slavery Bill shows the government the way to go in tackling… 8 April 2014 Blog, News 8 April 2014 New Modern Slavery Bill must focus on victims say MPs. Anti-Slavery International welcomes the findings of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill after its report stressed the focus of the Bill needs…
Steve McQueen becomes a patron of Anti-Slavery International 3 February 2014 Blog, News 3 February 2014 Steve McQueen becomes a patron of Anti-Slavery International to help end modern slavery. The director of the award winning film ’12 Years a Slave’ Steve McQueen announced his patronage for Anti-Slavery International. Anti-Slavery is delighted to announce…
Bolivia should not lower minimum employment age say campaigners 24 January 2014 Blog, News 24 January 2014 ‘Bolivia should not lower the minimum employment age’ Anti-Slavery and partners tell the president Bolivia is currently considering reducing the minimum employment age to 12. Anti-Slavery International and its partners, Global March Against Child Labour and Human…