We have updated our Interactive Map for Business of Anti-Human Trafficking Organisations (www.modernslaverymap.org). The Map currently includes 112 initiatives and organisations who are working on five human-trafficking-related issues (child labour, forced labour, etc.), covering eleven industries and eight regions. Since its launch in May 2018, the Map has had 13,397 visits, among which 10,266 users visited the site at least twice.
One of the new features of the Map enables users to directly submit new initiatives and organisations for review:
The Interactive Map provides brands, suppliers and stakeholders across geographies and industries with a list of organisations around the world that can help business identify, prevent and remediate human trafficking in global supply chains. Being the only one consolidated resource for business to access this critical information, the Map aims to improve coordination on the eradication of modern slavery, providing a unique baseline from which existing and newly formed initiatives can move forward.
Given the rapid development of initiatives aimed at helping businesses fight human trafficking, the RESPECT Initiative (comprising Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and the International Organization for Migration (IOM)),...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent on-going conflict has created one of the largest human displacement crises in modern history, with nearly one-third of Ukrainians forced from their homes. In March 2022, the UK government announced ...Read More
This paper provides a brief summary of the Roundtable on 'Combating technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings in Central Asia and across the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation', held by the OSCE on 27-28 April, 2021.
The major objectiv...Read More
On 19 September 2017, the Call to Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking was launched during the 72nd Meeting of the UN General Assembly.
Investigations by Equidem between September 2020 and October 2022 documented significant labour and human rights violations at all eight FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums—Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail, Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Al Janoub Stad...Read More