Anti-Slavery International

Consultancy opportunity: Safeguarding Consultant. We're looking for a Safeguarding Consultant to support us in meeting our statutory obligation for safeguarding oversight and response, providing safeguarding advice to specific projects, and strengthening our capacity on safeguarding systems, culture, and practice. Duration: 19 days, Feb–May 2025. 📌 The ideal candidate has strategic experience in safeguarding policy and implementation, is skilled in delivering tailored training for diverse audiences. 📩 Apply by Jan 6 2025, with your CV, cover letter, day rate, and availability.

Consultancy opportunity: Final evaluation - Modern Slavery Innovation Fund III We are seeking a consultant to evaluate a project developed to generate evidence that clarifies the connections between climate-induced migration and the risks of modern slavery. This is a great opportunity to help shape the future of climate resilience and anti-slavery efforts! 🌍 📌 The ideal candidate has expertise in advocacy-focused MEL, outcome mapping, and human rights programs, as well as strong facilitation, analysis, and communication skills. 📩 We have extended the application period for this consultancy, so you still have time to apply! Due to a technical glitch, if you have already submitted an application for this, we'd be very grateful if you could resend it to jobs@antislavery.org.

Time and time again investigations lay bare how everyday products made using forced labour could be found on supermarket shelves. The latest BBC investigation uncovering that “Italian” tomato purées sold in UK supermarkets “appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour” (🔗https://lnkd.in/gpuVmew6), is just the latest in a long line of similar reports. Ultimately, we need stronger UK laws against forced labour, to force all companies to address forced labour in their supply chains. Demonstrating public demand for action is key to making this happen. 📢Sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/g2EiNanv

Time and time again investigations lay bare how everyday products made using forced labour could be found on supermarket shelves. The latest BBC investigation uncovering that “Italian” tomato purées sold in UK supermarkets “appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour” (🔗https://lnkd.in/gpuVmew6), is just the latest in a long line of similar reports. Ultimately, we need stronger UK laws against forced labour, to force all companies to address forced labour in their supply chains. Demonstrating public demand for action is key to making this happen. 📢Sign the petition: https://lnkd.in/g2EiNanv

Yesterday’s investigation by the BBC is the latest in a long line of reports that suggests that UK supply chains are awash with products linked to forced labour. ⚠️📢The UK was once a global leader in its fight against modern slavery but now risks becoming a dumping ground for products made with forced labour. We urgently need stronger laws in the UK to force all companies to address forced labour in their supply chains. We are echoing Sarah Champion MP: What more evidence is required?

The 13th #UN Forum on Business and Human Rights concluded last week. Here are our reflections: ➡️The new EU legislation, the #CSDDD was the talk of the town at the Forum this year. Community representatives, civil society, experts, and businesses from all regions welcomed its adoption and called on other countries to follow suit. It’s clear: addressing the human rights impacts of business requires mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. ➡️ High on the agenda was also the urgent need for a #JustTransition in the face of accelerating climate change—one that avoids forced labour and the exploitation of communities in the Global South. Protecting the rights of migrant workers was another key priority, and we were pleased to join CSO discussions on how to ensure the #CSDDD leads to a just transition. ➡️This year, we were proud to be joined by Angella Kasule Nabwowe (ISER Uganda) and Joseph from the Uganda Coalition for Corporate Accountability, both representing the Global Network Against Forced Labour. They highlighted that implementing the CSDDD cannot be a top-down process. Affected communities must be involved from the outset to ensure the legislation strengthens existing business and human rights action plans and institutions. ➡️We were also part of a strong contingent of Uyghur and ally advocates that were able to raise pressing concerns on state-imposed forced labour in the Uyghur Region - an issue affecting industries globally, including solar energy and electric vehicles. The message is clear: our transition to clean energy must be just, and this cannot be achieved as long as reliance on the Uyghur Region remains. We continue to be deeply concerned by the exclusion of Uyghur representatives from the Forum’s official agenda.  #UNForumBHR #BizHumanRights

“The fight against slavery and for human rights cannot be achieved alone. We must combine our efforts to achieve our goals.” - Dr Zoumana Diarra, Secretary General of Mali’s National Commission for Human Rights   Today, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, Dr Diarra's words reminds us that no one alone can bring an end to descent-based and other forms of modern slavery. On this day, we want to highlight crucial progress for human rights in Mali, where a new penal code has criminalised slavery for the first time.   Jo Baker, International Advocacy Manager and Mohamed Camara, Africa Programme Coordinator from Anti-Slavery International, sat down with Dr Zoumana Diarra, the Secretary General of Mali’s National Commission for Human Rights, to discuss this important milestone.   💡Read about the new penal code, how it was achieved and what comes next in our new blog post: https://lnkd.in/eHz2mbbE   We are hopeful that the inclusion of slavery in the new penal code will contribute to long-term changes necessary to end it and provide support for people who have experienced it. We will continue to advocate alongside activists, our partners and other civil society organisations to bring an end to descent-based slavery.   You can be a part of this movement too. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, learn more about descent-based slavery and join the movement: https://lnkd.in/e9vZZFd8

🚨🍅‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour A BBC News investigation released tonight has uncovered that “Italian” tomato purées sold in UK supermarkets, including products sold by Tesco, Waitrose & Partners and Asda, “appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour”. The investigation highlights that China grows about a third of the world’s tomatoes and most Chinese tomatoes come from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur Region). ⚠️The Uyghur Region: A hub for forced labour and human rights abuses Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples are subject to state-imposed forced labour across industries, brutal repression and intrusive surveillance by the Chinese Government. Human rights and legal experts have determined abuses in the Region as crimes against humanity and/or genocide. 📢We urgently need stronger UK laws   This is the latest exposé showing how UK consumers could be unwittingly buying everyday, high-street products made with forced labour. It shows that the UK Government must introduce robust laws to compel companies to act, and hold them to account if they do not. Currently, no law in the UK compels companies to conduct human rights due diligence on their supply chains and act when abuses are uncovered, or bans the import of goods made using forced labour. Legislation in the US, EU and elsewhere means that the UK is lagging behind and increasingly risks becoming a dumping ground for goods made using forced labour. Watch the documentary: https://lnkd.in/g2xepHVi Read our press release: https://lnkd.in/edEitW-3 #ForcedLabour #ModernSlavery #SupplyChains

Everyone deserves fair working conditions. Yet, too often, workers are being failed by governments, businesses and the global economy. The protections that are in place are falling short and we are seeing profit coming before people and planet. 👷♀️🌍 ➡️The consequences are clear: today, on #BlackFriday, thousands of Amazon workers worldwide are expected to strike and protest, demanding better workers’ rights and urgent climate action. 🔗https://lnkd.in/eCcBcHXz However, progress is being made. Earlier this year, the passing of the #EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, #CSDDD, marked a significant step forward for workers rights. This new legislation requires large companies operating in the EU to conduct due diligence to identify and address human rights abuses and environmental harm across their value chains. Our advisory team can advise on how your business can work to incorporate the new legislation onto your practices, but they are also experts in non-stock supply chains, including warehousing, third party logistics, and freight stages. If you’d like to explore how we can help your business align with these evolving standards, feel free to reach out—we’d love to collaborate. ➡️https://lnkd.in/eXFbruNE

Are you, or someone you know, our new EU Adviser? This consultant will play an integral role in supporting our advocacy for corporate accountability legislation in the #EU. Specifically, this role will work on the next steps for advocacy on both EU laws we have been advocating for: the #CSDDD and #ForcedLabourRegulation. See the Terms of Reference here ⬇️ and apply by 11th December. Is this role not for you but for someone you know? Tag them in the comments!