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UN human rights experts urge Bangladesh, Malaysia to intensify efforts to protect migrant workers
21 Nov 2025 12:19 GMT
… Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences … the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants; Pichamon Yeophantong ( … wholly unacceptable and violate international human rights obligations.
They called on both …
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UK companies must do more to tackle modern slavery, CCLA benchmark shows
21 Nov 2025 21:22 GMT
… issue.”
Modern slavery is an umbrella term for human rights abuses including forced … government needs to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence legislation and forced … Business and Human Rights. I warmly welcome this third modern slavery benchmark of …
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights announces new exhibits for 2026, extension for Love in a Dangerous Time
20 Nov 2025 06:50 GMT
… history of Black Canadians from slavery until present day; Palestine … a better understanding of human rights and to ensure that … major exhibition about the human rights impacts of climate change … new ways of sharing human rights stories that help preserve …
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The family history beneath Anne Arundel County’s apology for slavery
21 Nov 2025 12:08 GMT
… role in enforcing and supporting slavery.
It’s personal for … request from the county’s human rights commission and other groups. In … “for the negative impact slavery had on those enslaved and … role in enforcing and supporting slavery. (Eric Thompson for The …
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How Slavery Divided American Churches
21 Nov 2025 08:44 GMT
… he concluded that slavery infringed upon human rights, and since … God was always on the side of human rights, then slavery … belief that God sanctioned slavery. A Northern liberal … the institution of slavery undermined the teachings of …
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UK construction workers at risk from modern slavery, charity warns
20 Nov 2025 15:22 GMT
… slavery in the UK construction industry, according to human rights … that protections against modern slavery and labour exploitation … by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence … market enforcement and poor human rights records.”
Frank (not …
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NAACP past, present leaders disavow Anne Arundel apology for slavery
19 Nov 2025 23:01 GMT
… for its role in slavery, with current and former … that the Anne Arundel County Human Rights Commission, the Caucus of … consulted about this apology for slavery, and we asked the … executive issue an apology regarding slavery … County executive Pittman agreed …
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
19 Nov 2025 14:29 GMT
… Convention on Human Rights and the Modern Slavery Act.
While … conditions that perpetuate modern slavery,” Lea said. “Precarious … add.
Research from human rights group Walk Free has … is dividing communities.”
But human rights organisations have rebuked Mahmood …
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Financial services show progress in addressing modern slavery
19 Nov 2025 11:53 GMT
… top tier as leaders on human rights innovation were Tesco, Unilever, Sainsbury … the 2015 Modern Slavery Act;
EU’s CSDDD mandating human rights due diligence … robust human-rights oversight across supply chains.
Dame Sara Thornton, consultant modern slavery …
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NAACP president asks to be taken off Anne Arundel County’s apology for slavery
18 Nov 2025 22:50 GMT
… would be formally apologizing for slavery, he highlighted three groups … the Anne Arundel County Human Rights Commission and the local branch … ” for its role in slavery.
However, at a County … removed.
“An apology for slavery must be accompanied by tangible …