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Analysis: Slavery Denial and other ways to discredit the Anti-Slavery movement, writes Sarah Mathewson How can the government of Mauritania continue to deny the existence of slavery, a practice that apparently affects many thousands of people in the country? Indeed, while the stories we hear from escaped slaves reveal that slavery… Keep reading »
10 July 2015 Mauritanian Justice System fails a victim of slavery yet again whilst slave-owner walks free. By Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer Photo: Michael Hylton We have just received news of a verdict in one of our slavery cases in Mauritania – a 10-year-old boy called Issa… Keep reading »
7 July 2015 Historic ruling mounts pressure on Senegal to deal with forced child begging. By Sarah Mathewson, Africa Programme Co-ordinator Photo: Emily Reignier Good news from Senegal! In a historic ruling, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child found that the Senegalese government… Keep reading »
23 June 2015 The change is possible! By Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer Photo courtesy of Queen’s Young Leader Foundation When Angel Benedicto was 16 years old it’s unlikely she thought that her future held being named a Queen’s Young Leader, and casually mingling with… Keep reading »
19 June 2015 The Council of Europe Trafficking Convention: Magna Carta of rights of trafficked persons. By Klara Skrivankova, Europe Programme and Advocacy Co-ordinator Pete Pattisson On Tuesday the 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe Trafficking Convention was marked in Strasbourg. I was honoured to… Keep reading »
16 June 2015 Four years on from ILO Domestic Work Convention we need to do more to protect domestic workers worldwide. By Silvia Cormaci, Women and Girls Programme Co-ordinator Today we celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of a very important instrument for the protection and recognition of the… Keep reading »
12 June 2015 Child labour has decreased in recent years but no such luck with child slavery. Time to act. By Dr Aidan McQuade, Director Photo: Pete Pattisson Today is World Day Against Child Labour. A good day to reflect on what is being done to tackle it and recognise… Keep reading »
21 May 2015 Anti-Slavery International argues in a newly published paper that the levels of abuse, exploitation and control experienced by children as a result of child and early marriage can often meet international legal definitions of slavery and slavery-like practices, such as forced labour and trafficking. The issue of… Keep reading »
18 May 2015 Press release ‘The mask has slipped again’ say Anti-Slavery International about Qatar’s efforts to improve workers’ rights Anti-Slavery International today said that Qatari government’s moves to improve the worker’s conditions is just a PR exercise and nothing more after BBC crew investigating workers’ right were arrested and… Keep reading »
1 May 2015 US Secretary of State urged to keep pressure on Thailand for anti-trafficking response. Human rights organisations, including Anti-Slavery International, Walk Free, Humanity United, Environmental Justice Foundation, Greenpeace USA and others urged US Secretary of State to maintain Thailand on Tier 3 of the upcoming Trafficking in Persons… Keep reading »