We urgently need a UK Business, Human Rights and Environment Act 25 January 2022 Blog At Anti-Slavery International, we’re calling on the UK government to introduce a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act. We believe that consumers should have assurances that the products they’re buying have not been made with forced labour. We believe that the government…
2021 in action: how you helped us to fight slavery worldwide 25 January 2022 Blog It’s a new year and here at Anti-Slavery International, we’ve been reflecting on all the great achievements over the last year. In 2021, thanks to your generous support, we supported a staggering 17,880 people across 21 projects in 10 countries,…
National Poetry Day: share your verse for freedom 17 September 2021 Blog It’s National Poetry Day on 1 October. Here at Anti-Slavery International, we’re passionate about the power of words to express injustice, to hear and to call others to action. That’s why we’re inviting you to enter our very own poetry…
London Fashion Week: let’s put people before profit 17 September 2021 Blog This London Fashion Week, our business and human rights policy and research officer, Rocio Domingo Ramos, explains why the fashion industry must take action to tackle exploitation in the fashion industry – including here in the UK. It’s London Fashion…
End modern slavery: Five ways to help us on World Day against Trafficking 30 July 2021 Blog On 30 July we mark World Day Against People Trafficking. Paul Sheehan, Anti-Slavery International’s Individual Giving Manger, explains how we can all make a difference to help end modern slavery around the world. It’s true that ending slavery isn’t an easy…
An Open Letter to the Fashion and Home-Furnishing Industries 2 March 2021 News Time is up. We, the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region, call on all companies to urgently end all links to Uyghur forced labour. The government of China is perpetrating mass human rights abuses against Uyghur and…
Over half a million people across the globe tell the EU to hold business accountable 23 February 2021 News Brussels – Over half a million people around the globe have demanded a strong EU law to hold corporations accountable for their impact on human rights, including trade union and workers’ rights, and the environment. These demands were made as…
EU moves closer to preventing forced labour and child labour for millions worldwide 9 February 2021 News New corporate due diligence law could put an end to profit from forced labour and child labour Brussels, 8 February 2021 We are on the brink of a major opportunity to advance and protect human rights for people all over…
EP committee vote in favour of corporate due diligence 28 January 2021 News A step in the right direction for responsible business; but more action is needed. Brussels, 27 January 2021 Joint Letter in response to the European Parliament vote on EU mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence. This afternoon, the Legal Affairs Committee…
Businesses should be forced to cut ties with China’s modern gulag 5 November 2020 Blog Nearly two million Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples are in forced labour