Reorienting value generated within ‘global poverty chains’ is essential to improving the lives of an impoverished world labour force.

Germany's parliament will likely pass new legislation today that severely infringes on sex worker rights and increases their vulnerability.

Stopping labour exploitation requires effective regulation of the labour market, not scapegoating migrant and vulnerable workers.

The Global Slavery Index sets out to determine slavery prevalence in every country and to assess the quality of government responses. What lies behind apparent complicity of silence that surrounds the Index? Part two. Part one.

In our first question, respondents debate whether a binding international convention is necessary to ensure labour standards in global supply chains.

Supply chains are notoriously difficult for many workers. How can this change? Does one legal size fits all? What structural changes might be necessary?

Unionisation, freedom to collectively bargain, enhanced transparency, and national anti-slavery legislation can all be used to protect supply chain workers, argue our respondents.

Some say supply chains bring upgrading, jobs and development for poorer countries. But don't they always do so at a cost to worker rights and wellbeing?

Supply chains without international cooperation will never work, but an international average minimum wage backed up by enforcement mechanisms and the correct incentives could help produce a just global economy.

Al no contar con documentos, gran parte de la historia de quienes fueron esclavizados está destinada a perderse. La digitalización ofrece una vía para preservar de manera rápida documentos que se encuentran en estado de deterioro. ¿Qué pasos debemos seguir para organizar un proyecto de digitalización a gran escala? English

The Walk Free Foundation claims to fight ‘modern slavery’ by measuring its extent, but is its index not just an exercise in political hypocrisy?