Name of Resource

Ending Exploitation. Ensuring that Businesses do not Contribute to Trafficking in Human Beings: Duties of States and the Private Sector

Type

Report/analysis

Country / jurisdiction

Global

Organization

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Initiative launch date

November 2014

Description

The Occasional Paper, the seventh in a series of Occasional Papers published by OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, outlines the measures that businesses can take to ensure that trafficking in human beings does not occur in their workplaces or those of their suppliers. It also reviews the obligations of the OSCE's participating States to regulate business activities and to enable businesses to take appropriate action to stop human trafficking from occurring. It provides a series of recommendations for OSCE participating States.

The paper also discusses what happens when businesses do not take action to stop human trafficking in supply chains and provides examples of legislation requiring supply chains transparency.

Availability

ENG, RUS: http://www.osce.org/secretariat/126305