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Research, analysis and comment on human rights and business.

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    What is modern slavery?

    Neill Wilkins

    Commentary
    The very real risk of labour abuses in the wake of climate disasters

    Neill Wilkins | 17 January 2025

    News
    Save the date: Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025
    Commentary
    Caught in troubled waters: climate change and industrial shipping threaten fishing communities around the world

    Rakesh Ranjan | 6 November 2024

    Briefing
    Seafarers and Illegal Recruitment Fees: 2024 Insights

    Francesca Fairbairn | 26 September 2024

    News
    Research finds almost a third of seafarers have been asked to pay illegal recruitment fees

    26 September 2024

    Explainer
    What are employment and recruitment agencies?

    Carmen Pedraza | Neill Wilkins

    Explainer
    How does economic diversification impact workers in the GCC?

    Tamara Juburi

    Commentary
    Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024 - Can businesses move from policy to practice?

    Neill Wilkins | 12 June 2024

    Event
    The Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2024

    Clifford Chance, London & Online

    25 Jun 2024

    Event summary
    Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand - What Companies Need to Know

    19 March 2024

    Event
    Webinar: Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand - What companies need to know

    Online (Zoom)

    19 Mar 2024

    VOICES Podcast

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    Looking back, looking forward - lessons in human rights and business (Part 1)

    Brandee M. Butler | John Morrison | 28 October 2025

    Podcast

    Are seafarers’ rights in crisis?

    Ben Bailey | Father Stephen Thanapaul | Francesca Fairbairn | 25 September 2025

    Podcast

    Are business practices intensifying water scarcity?

    Salil Tripathi | Peter Waldman | Ravi Mariwala | 28 August 2025

    Podcast

    What key moments have shaped corporate responsibility?

    Salil Tripathi | Anita Ramasastry | 14 August 2025

    Podcast

    Human rights reporting - what’s the view from the ground amidst evolving EU regulation?

    Vicky Bowman | Giles Bolton | Natalie Grillon | Emily Casswell | 15 July 2025

    Podcast

    Human rights in the fishing industry: what are the pressing risks?

    Francesca Fairbairn | Ian Urbina | 25 June 2025

    Podcast

    Collie’s just transition: a blueprint for ​the world’s eight million coal workers?

    Haley St. Dennis | Darcy Gunning

    Podcast

    Just transition - how can theory become reality?

    John Morrison | Haley St. Dennis | 22 May 2025

    Podcast

    Are we about to see a retreat from corporate responsibility?

    Salil Tripathi | Kenneth Roth | 22 April 2025

    Podcast

    The UK Modern Slavery Act 10 years on - where are we now?

    26 March 2025

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    Events

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    Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2025

    23 May 2025

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    Dialogue Insights: Understanding the Costs of Green Conflict

    Amir Richani | Haley St. Dennis | 17 June 2025

    Image of Thick smoke billowing into the sky from crop stubble burning in Faridkot, India - a farming practice to clear the land.
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    Transition Tensions - Navigating Climate and Social Expectations

    29 Oct 2025

    Event

    'SEAFAIRER' Roundtable, 2025

    Singapore 7 Nov 2025