📢 Care about what can be done to address #childtrafficking? Give my op-ed 👇a read - I discuss 'Sound of Freedom' and propose real-life, not Hollywood, solutions. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… via @usatoday

A clear call for renewed efforts to hold traffickers accountable for their crimes and at the same time pass due diligence laws that force businesses to get serious about slavery in their supply chains | Gordon Brown theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #HumanTrafficking #endforcedlabour

Disappointed that in the 10-page declaration just adopted at #UNGA #SDGSummit, not a single mention of #modernslavery, #forcedlabour, or #childlabour. Immediate course correction is needed to help some of the world's most vulnerable & prevent additional exploitation. #humanrights

McCain Institute’s Kristen Abrams joined some of the world’s most impressive leaders—including United Nations DSG Amina J Mohammed, Melinda French Gates, Former PM of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, and others—at the launch of the #WeTheWomen campaign, which aims to place women and girls at the center of

Another horrifying investigation into migrant children working dangerous jobs for top U.S brands. Multiple systems failing children, incl. fact that DOL, which enforces federal #childlabor laws, has 750 investigators overseeing 11 MILLION workplaces nytimes.com/2023/09/18/mag…

This #back2schoolseason, help the youth in your life develop healthy online habits. Explore trusted resources like Common Sense Media and @MissingKids for conversation starters and tips to teach them how to navigate the digital world safely. For more, visit realfriendsdont.org.

Want solutions to #childlabor and #forcedlabor, listen to WHD_DOL, DOJ Civil Rights Division, Polaris and The Human Trafficking Legal Center. It's not enough, but we ARE making progress via civil, criminal & regulatory actions against traffickers and companies profiting from child and forced labor.

👏 UN Office on Drugs & Crime and @IOM -- New (& maybe a tad wonky) data standards pave the way for a common approach to national data collection on human trafficking, helping us better shape anti-trafficking interventions. #EndHumanTrafficking

Some U.S. lawmakers are calling for more restrictions on seafood imports from China following an investigation exposing grave human rights abuses throughout the country’s fishing industry. semafor.com/article/10/10/…

World events compel us all to embrace moral clarity. Both 🇮🇱#Israel & 🇺🇦#Ukraine are under assault from authoritarian aggression sponsored by 🇮🇷#Iran & 🇷🇺#Russia. 🇺🇸 must be the arsenal of democracy to help free people defend themselves against those seeking their annihilation.

Audits don't prevent labor exploitation, nor does toothless legislation. Companies must identify risks of human rights abuses and be sanctioned for such violations. theguardian.com/global-develop…

You wouldn't (knowingly) feed your family food pumped with pesticides and chemicals, so don't serve them seafood fished and processed by slave labor. Here's what you as a consumer and voter should do. #forcedlabor usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

More evidence that social audits aren't the solution to major #HumanRights abuses in global supply chains. We must do more. Thank you Hannah Dreier for another great piece.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/…

If you want to understand what #humantrafficking really looks like in this country, read this Rolling Stone piece. Spoiler: It's not like what you see in the movies.

Navalny’s death brings to an end any serious opposition in Russia today. Putin believed that he could weather Western pressure over Navalny, and he was sadly proven right. That is exactly his strategy with his war in Ukraine. And it’s largely up to the US to prove him wrong.

"This wasn't a natural death, no matter what the medical events were of the last 24 hours— Putin acts with impunity, whether it's within his borders and prisons...This is increasingly the world we're living in." — Richard N. Haass reacts to the death of Alexei Navalny

“America has lost a patriot, and our family has lost a dear friend. In a dangerous world, Senator Lieberman understood the essential role of American leadership.” More from Jack McCain here: mccaininstitute.org/resources/in-t…

📢📷BREAKING: European Parliament approves #CSDDD The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is a historic law aimed at eradicating forced labour from global supply chains. This marks the second monumental victory against forced labour this week🎉

Political violence is never justified - not anywhere under any circumstances, but most especially not in a democratic nation.

Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the world: $38 billion Total increase in Elon Musk's personal net worth since the November election: $156 billion