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Food work: The workers behind our food and the exploitation they face

International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems

The new Section 301 tariffs for forced labor are vastly excessive

The Peterson Institute for International Economics

Addressing internal trafficking in persons

The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons

Child labour in Uganda: Trends and drivers, 2012–2021

International Labour Organization

Cyber scam hubs and human trafficking

Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering

Business self-assessment tools for forced- and child-labor-free global supply chains

U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Reforming the Kafala system

Re:Structure Lab

Girls’ work in artisanal cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo

University of Bayreuth, Université Catholique de Bukavu

Anticipating exploitation: A futures based analysis

UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Trafficking in persons in Nepal

The National Human Rights Commission of Nepal

Uncovering anti-colonial bias in human trafficking research

Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices

A world of deceit: Mapping the landscape of the global scam centre phenomenon

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

From fakes to forced labour: Evidence of correlation between illicit trade in counterfeits and labour exploitation

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, The European Union Intellectual Property Office

Hiding in plain sight: Trafficking persons with disabilities for begging in Ethiopia

The Population Council, Ethiopian Lawyers with Disabilities, The Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development

Ideas in action: Evaluation results of a pilot program tackling exploitative child domestic work in Nigeria

The Freedom Fund, NORC at the University of Chicago, The Khana Group

Supporting mutual aid: What the evidence tells us

Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action

Beyond checklists and handshakes

University of Bath

2025 Trafficking in persons report

U.S. Department of State

Females who engage in online child sexual exploitation: A critical narrative review

Swinburne University of Technology, The Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health in Australia

Unconventional trafficking: Trafficking in human beings for organ removal

The University of the West of England, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Piloting the Survivor Leadership Fund: Lessons and insights from Kenya and Uganda

Beatriz Sanz-Corella, Sandra Bustamante, Yoseph Endeshaw

Placing survivor well-being on the policy and evidence map: Research report

University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, Survivor Alliance

Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply

Tufts University, University of Nottingham

OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises on responsible business conduct

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Our work, our lives

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women

Trafficking in persons report 2023

US Department of State

Products made with forced labor in the Uyghur region

Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice

Guidance note: Wage protection for migrant workers

International Labour Organization

What’s Changed In 10 Years?

Baptist World Aid

Legal deserts report 2.0

Avery Center, National Survivor Law Collective

Labor recruitment and human trafficking: Analysis of a global trafficking survivor database

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,International Organization for Migration

The modern slavery core outcome set

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

Counter-trafficking monitoring and evaluation toolkit

Winrock International, University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab

Impacts of a lack of legal advice on adults with lived experience of modern slavery

British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Unseen

Global report on trafficking in persons 2022

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Fairtrade Risk Map

Fairtrade

Survivor-centred justice for gender-based violence in complex situations

International Development Law Organization, Global Women’s Institute

Combating Cyber Violence against Women and Girls

European Institute for Gender Equality

Public procurement measures to address modern slavery

Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

The role of agents and brokers in facilitating Ethiopian women into domestic work in the Middle East

Freedom Fund, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Population Council, US Department of State

‘It has destroyed me’: A legal advice system on the brink

The Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit

The role of agents and brokers in facilitating Ethiopian women into domestic work in the Middle East

Freedom Fund, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Population Council, US Department of State

Out of the Shadows Index

Economist Impact

Global estimates of modern slavery

Walk Free, ILO, IOM

The involvement of Bangladeshi girls and women in sex work: Sex trafficking, victimhood, and agency

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The role of social protection in the elimination of child labour: Evidence review and policy implications

International Labour Organization, UNICEF

From fish to fishworker traceability in Thai fisheries reform

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Cambodia’s trafficked brides: The escalating phenomenon of forced marriage in China

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking

International Institute for Environment and Development

Human trafficking in the Afghan context: Caught between a rock and a hard place?

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Evidence from Japanese companies assessment on Human Rights Due Diligence

Business & Human Rights Centre, World Benchmarking Alliance

Preventing human trafficking of refugees from Ukraine

Freedom Fund, La Strada International

Impact of Covid-19 on Indian fashion supply chains: Research summary

University of Leeds, Goa Institute of Management

Spot fires in supply chains

International Justice Mission

A turning point in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest

Uzbek Forum for Human Rights

“Heavy metal”: From abuse-ridden mines to global consumer goods, the journey of Brazilian iron

International Federation for Human Rights, Justiça nos Trilhos

Indicators of sex trafficking in online escort ads

Justice Research and Statistics Association

Trouble brewing The need for transparency in tea supply chains

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Spotlight on labour migration in Asia: A factor analysis study

International Organization for Migration

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

Transnational legal tactics for labour: How to make use of Corporate Accountability Mechanisms

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

The Global Synthetic Dataset

International Organization for Migration, Microsoft Research

Addressing consumer awareness and (in)action towards modern slavery

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

Human rights due diligence training facilitation guide

Business and Human Rights in Asia

Anti-trafficking review, Issue 17

Anti-Trafficking Review

Precarity and the pandemic: A survey of wage issues and covid-19 impacts among migrant seafood workers in Thailand

Civil Society Organization Coalition for Ethical and Sustainable Seafood

Tied hands: Fact finding mission report on Harawa-Charawa

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

Policy brief: Effectiveness of forced labour import bans

Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

The Fashion Transparency Index 2021

The Fashion Transparency Index 2021

The covid-19 pandemic and workers in Cambodia

The Centre for Policy Studies

2021 Trafficking in persons report

US Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Commercial contracts and sourcing

Speri, Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Yale Macmillian Center

Forced labour at sea: The case of Indonesian migrant fishers

Greenpeace, Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia

AI against modern slavery: Digital insights into modern slavery reporting – challenges and opportunities

Walk Free, The Future Society, WikiRate, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Trafficking victim identification: A practitioner guide

Nexus Institute, Regional Support Office: The Bali Process

Anti-Trafficking Review: Issue 16

Anti-Trafficking Review

Due diligence and transparency legislation

Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Yale Macmillian center

Survivors’ perspectives on successful reintegration after trafficking

USAID, Institute of Development Studies, Winrock International

Cost of migration survey 2020

International Labour Organization, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Human trafficking corridors in Canada

The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking

Report on employment relationship survey in the brick industry in Nepal

Government of Nepal, International Labour Organization, UNICEF

Global report on trafficking in persons 2020

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Empowerment and employment of survivors of human trafficking: A business guide

Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking

Covid-19 and food systems in the Indo-Pacific

Australian Government, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Judicial harassment against labor rights activists: An analysis

Human Rights and Development Foundation, The Freedom Fund

Worked to debt: Over-indebtedness in Cambodia’s garment sector

Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights

Trafficking in persons report, 20th edition

United States Department of State

Guidance: Addressing emerging human trafficking trends and consequences of the covid-19 pandemic

UN Women, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Union busting & unfair dismissals: Garment workers during covid-19

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Save our education: Protect every child’s right to learn in the covid-19 response and recovery

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on trafficking in persons

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Pandemics and violence against women and children

Center for Global Development

ILO monitor: Covid-19 and the world of work

International Labour Organization

Uyghurs for sale

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Litigating peacekeeper child sexual abuse

Redress, Child Rights International Network

Algorithmic harms to workers in the platform economy: The case of Uber

Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems

Does Child Marriage Matter for Growth?

International Monetary Fund

The trafficking of girls and young women: Evidence for prevention and assistance

Plan International UK, UN Institute of Migration, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Beyond compliance in the hotel sector: A review of UK Modern Slavery Act statements

Walk Free Initiative, WikiRate, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Australian National University

Ending child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in global supply chains

International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children's Fund

Evaluation of the early impacts of the Better Cotton Initiative on smallholder cotton producers in Kurnool District, India

University of Greenwich Natural Resources Institute; Gujarat Institute of Development Research; Centre for Economic and Social Studies; Pragmatix

Tackling Modern Slavery: Problems and Possibilities

Journal of the British Academy

United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking Annual Report

United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

Corporate commitments to living wages in the garment industry

Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute

Fish for Export: Working in the wild capture seafood industry in Indonesia

Coventry University, Center for Sustainable Ocean Policy, International Organisation for Migration; Issara Institute

Prevalence of minors in Kathmandu’s adult entertainment sector

John Jay College of Criminal Justice; New Era; The Freedom Fund

The 2019 Ethical Fashion Report: The Truth Behind The Barcode

Tearfund, Baptist World Aid Australia

Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery

International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)

Is Regular Migration Safer Migration? Insights from Thailand

Journal on Migration and Human Security

Fixing Fashion: Clothing Consumption and Sustainability

Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons

Combatting Human Trafficking HANDBOOK

Airports Council International

FINANCING OF ORGANISED CRIME HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOCUS

Center for the Study of Democracy

Behind Closed Doors: Forced Labour in the Domestic Work Sector in Singapore

Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics & Liberty Shared

Modern slavery prevention and responses in South Asia: An evidence map

UK Department for International Development

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Forced to leave: Comparing Destination Options of Venezuelans and Syrians

Mixed Migration Centre

Modern slavery and the race to fish

Nature Communications

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark 2018 Key Findings

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark

Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and Climate Change from Cambodia

University of Nottingham, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA REPORT

Global Slavery Index

A Hidden Scourge

Finance & Development

Burmese Migrant Women and Access to Justice in Thailand

PSAKU International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Inherent Dignity

Mercy International

Dignity and the displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh

Overseas Development Institute

Mastering System Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

2018 Global Slavery Index

Walk Free Foundation

Handbook on Initial Victim Identification & Assistance for Trafficked Persons

The Civil Society Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Hong Kong

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2018

U.S. Department of State

Getting to Good Human Trafficking Data: Everyday Guidelines for Frontline Practitioners in Southeast Asia

Stanford University WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice

The Modern Slavery Trap: Bonded Labour

Institute of Development Studies

The Global Business of Forced Labour: Report of Foundings

Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute

The Many Faces of Exclusion

Save the Children

Reducing modern slavery

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts

The Impact of Migration Works on the Socioeconomic of Left-behind Families of Myanmar Migrant Workers

2nd International Conferences on Burmese/Myanmar Studies University of Mandaly (Myanmar)

Psychological consequences of child trafficking: An historical cohort study of trafficked children in contact with secondary mental health services

PLOS One
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