EHAAT members meet to review progress and plan future initiatives, UNODC highlights weak legal responses to forced criminality in ASEAN states, and Ghanaian authorities rescue trafficking victims lured abroad by football contract promises.
A study of exploitation in India’s sugarcane sector calls for systemic change across supply chains, former U.S. presidents criticize the dismantling of USAID, and displaced Cambodian families receive payouts from a Thai sugar producer.
Freedom Collaborative and GLC host a discussion on challenges and opportunities in the anti-trafficking sector, the ILO commits to global standards for platform work, and this year’s Global Rights Index notes a steep decline in workers’ rights.
The Beyond Trafficking and Slavery project examines its critiques of the anti-trafficking establishment, a new publication offers guidance on implementing the non-punishment principle, and NGOs call for humanitarian assistance in Yemen.
RSO hosts a workshop on cross-border coordination for trafficking investigations, a report explores how China is circumventing a U.S. ban on forced labour imports, and trafficking survivors file a record-breaking number of civil cases.
The anti-trafficking sector faces both a lack of funding and increased restrictions, UN experts call for urgent action on forced criminality in scam compounds, and a report highlights forced labour in Turkmenistan’s cotton industry.
Cambodia’s state-cybercrime nexus poses a threat to global security, human rights experts condemn violence against women and girls in Sudan, and Sierra Leonean migrants are increasingly being trafficked to the Middle East.
This year’s Europe Regional Freedom from Slavery Forum explores priorities for effective coordination, a report highlights the abuse of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, and a UK job ban forces female asylum seekers into sex work.
HAART Kenya highlights the need for multi-agency support for scam-compound survivors, the U.S. sanctions the armed group behind one of Myanmar’s trafficking networks, and Walk Free raises concerns over human rights budget cuts.
Frontline groups report increased human trafficking from East Africa to India, more than 100 organizations urge the restoration of ILAB grants, and the UK’s state-owned energy company will ban solar panels linked to slave labour.
Civil society groups highlight gaps in the response to trafficking for online fraud in a submission to the UN, a research paper examines corporate lobbying impacts, and campaigners call for action on fast fashion’s exploitative business model.
An overview of the global response to human trafficking calls for increased coordination among stakeholders, campaigners call on Australia to act against modern slavery, and UK victims reject government support for fear of deportation.