Human Rights Archives

Supporting the Labor Movement and People of Myanmar

Human Rights, Southeast Asia, Worker Empowerment

Verité and Verité Southeast Asia stand in solidarity with the labor rights movement and the people of Myanmar in condemning the military coup which took place on February 1, 2021. Furthermore, Verité and VSEA strongly denounce the violent crackdown perpetrated by the Myanmar military and police forces against its citizens practicing their right to peacefully protest.

What We’re Talking About in February 2021

Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Living Wages, Migrant Workers

Study Explores the Response of the Private Sector to COVID-19 | Mars Wrigley Cocoa for Generations Program Releases Report on Its Human Rights Efforts in Cocoa | Federal Labor Standards Enforcement in Agriculture | Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking | Migrants Are Doing the Jobs South Koreans Sneer At | Labor groups launch website to promote new approach for achieving living wages in the garment industry | Labor Groups Launch Website to Promote New Approach for Achieving Living Wages in the Garment Industry

2020: A Year in Review

Africa, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Forestry, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, raw materials, South America, Southeast Asia, Verité, Worker Empowerment

Typically at the end of a year, we at Verité ask ourselves two questions: 1) What did we do to further our vision of a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions?, and 2) How did we fulfil our mission to provide the knowledge and tools to eliminate the most serious labor and human rights abuses in global supply chains?
This year, we answer these questions considering both how we have met the issues the pandemic presents and how we have fulfilled our mission despite the pandemic. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2020.

What We’re Talking About in December

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers

Global Study on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs The International Labour Organization launched a study examining laws and policies of 90 countries to identify the efforts Member States have made to regulate or prohibit recruitment fees and costs charged to workers....

ATEST Calls for Catalytic Investment to Fight Human Trafficking in Recommendations to Biden Transition Team

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Modern Slavery

The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), a U.S.-based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking and forced labor, and of which Verité is a long-time member, recently released its Presidential Agenda for...