For Release: October 20, 2013 (Washington, DC) – A partnership of organizations committed to combatting modern day slavery today unveiled KnowTheChain, an online resource created to educate companies, investors, policymakers and consumers about the existence of...
Author: ATEST
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and modern slavery around the world.
ATEST FY15 Support Letter to OMB for Federal Anti-Trafficking Funding
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is urging the Office of Management and Budget in the White House to advise the President to request funds in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget to combat human trafficking and modern day slavery in accordance with the Trafficking...
ATEST Letter of Support to the Uniform Law Commissioners
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) convened several committee meetings since 2011 to draft a uniform anti-human trafficking act. In July, the Commissioners will hold a final vote to decide whether the adopt a Uniform Act on the Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking. ATEST...
ATEST National Call with Uniform Law Commissioners
On June 25, 2013, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) was joined by Uniform Law Commissioners on a call to discuss the latest updates in the human trafficking field and to consult on the background of legislative policies and important objectives in the uniform anti-human...
ATEST National Call on the ULC
On June 21, 2013, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) was joined by over 50 organizations on a call to discuss the latest developments in the Uniform Law Commission's committee meetings to draft a uniform anti-human trafficking act. The drafted uniform act incorporates...
ATEST Letter to Support the Regulation of Foreign Labor Recruiters as Part of House Immigration Reform (June 2013)
Labor recruiters are often complicit or directly involved in the trafficking of workers, exploiting U.S. nonimmigrant visa programs. These recruiters, who operate in a climate of impunity, lure impoverished and desperate foreign workers to the United States, promising jobs described as...
Letter of Support for “Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2013”
Recent reports have shown that the majority of identified child trafficking victims have had contact, often multiple times, with the child welfare system. H.R. 1732 is a critical piece of legislation needed to ensure that child victims of sex trafficking and labor trafficking in the...
ATEST National Call: Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Legislation
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) was joined by over 60 organizations on a call to discuss a federal bill addressing child welfare and the intersection between human trafficking and the foster care system. There was a great deal of discussion on the importance of...
Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732)
The Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act (H.R. 1732) amends the Social Security Act to require state foster care programs, which receive federal funds under the Social Security Act, to report on current and future efforts to address the human trafficking and...
ATEST Commends State Department for Holding Bad Actors Accountable in Latest Human Trafficking Report
For Release: June 19, 2013 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) praised Secretary of State John F. Kerry for calling to account countries that have continually failed to show improvement in fighting human trafficking in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in...