ATEST held a national call with more than 90 participants from anti-trafficking organizations to discuss the urgency in action as it pertains to the federal FY13 appropriations process due to expedited time frames by Congress.
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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.
Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759)
The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would increase corporate accountability by...
ATEST Teams up with SRIs in Support of Federal Business Transparency Legislation
For Release: February 10, 2012 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) is partnering with the socially responsible investor community to advocate for the bipartisan passage of the federal Business Transparency on Slavery and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2759). This law would...
ATEST Appeals to Congress: Sideline Politicking and Pass the TVPRA
In observance of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) appealed to Congressional leadership on January 11th to put partisan politics aside and reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), which expired...
ATEST, 150 NGOS Call on Senate to Pass TVPRA
150 national anti-trafficking civil society groups, coalitions, faith-based organizations, and law enforcement partners joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) in support of S. 1301, the Senate's version of the 2011 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act...
ATEST Responds to H.R. 2830 Markup by House Foreign Affairs Committee
For Release: October 10, 2011 On October 5, 2011, the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) approved a revised version of H.R. 2830, the "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011." The resulting markup stripped the original bill, as introduced, of proposed language...