From ATEST member Polaris Project WASHINGTON, D.C.(July 30, 2019) – On the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in persons, Polaris is announcing that...
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2019 TIP Report Raises Challenging Questions about Sanctions and Future...
While presenting this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report last week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a pointed message: “If you don’t stand up...
Human Trafficking Report Tracks U.S. Criminal and Civil Court Cases
The Human Trafficking Institute, an ATEST member organization, reports that 771 anti-trafficking cases were in progress in federal courts nationwide last...
From Legislation to Implementation
Now that Congress has reauthorized the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) and a package of related bills, the advocacy landscape on Capitol Hill is...
Transforming How Anti-Slavery Program Impact is Measured
This dispatch from the field by Lindsay Marsh originally appeared on the University of British Columbia's Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs...
David Abramowitz on Passage of Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention...
Yesterday was a great day for anti-trafficking advocates, as the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Frederick Douglass Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2200). We...
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: Ways to fight modern slavery
Modern slavery is a scourge that touches us all; it’s in the communities in which we live and often found in the products that we buy. Human trafficking victims are...
Forced Labor Risks: Major Apparel and Footwear Brands’ Supply Changed Ranked by...
Conditions of workers in the apparel and footwear industry have been in the public eye for more than twenty years: from reports of child labor in the footwear sector in the 1990s to grave health and safety incidents in Bangladeshi factories in recent years. This attention has...
ATEST Calls for the Immediate Release of Kah Walla
Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), issued the following statement in response to the reported arrest of Kah Walla, President of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP). Ms. Walla was arrested in Cameroon today while holding a meeting on...
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released...
The U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released its Annual Report...