In this post, we examine the new Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen’s Speech, a recent report published by the UK Financial...
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The UK Government has issued guidance to UK companies with business links in Xinjiang, where human rights violations are reportedly...
Last week the UK government published its Construction Playbook which sets out guidance for the future sourcing and contracting of public...
Last month the UK government published guidance to help public authorities identify and mitigate the risks of modern slavery in their...
At the end of May, the Final Report of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) was laid before Parliament. One of...
The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights has published a report on trends in human rights due diligence,...
Stephanie Brown Cripps talks with Ian Welsh on the Innovation forum podcast about how governments – particularly the US – are...
By Emily Feirman Where there is human trafficking, there is usually money changing hands; financial institutions should examine their own...
With an all-new modern slavery bill before the Australian House of Representatives and increasing calls for reform of the UK Modern...
Freshfields was honored to host a two-day conference last week presented by the Innovation Forum focusing on how business can tackle...
By Peter Chang and Emily Holland The laws of Hong Kong have always prohibited slavery, but recent developments have brought its modern...
It would appear that the prediction of additional disclosure-based lawsuits alleging modern slavery in product supply chains following...