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June 12, 2017 Dispatches

How Wars and Disasters Fuel Child Labor

Urgent Action Needed to Help Millions of Children Forced into Work Each Year

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May 17, 2017 News Release

G20 Labor Summit: Protect Rights in Supply Chains

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May 8, 2017 Letter

Letter to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on Tanzania

May 3, 2017 Dispatches

Tackling Child Labor in the Minerals Supply Chain

OECD tool on child labor step in the right direction

A 13-year-old boy digs for gold ore at a small-scale mine in Mbeya Region, Tanzania.
April 25, 2017 News Release

UK: Tobacco Giant Should Respect Human Rights

British American Tobacco Shareholders Can Push for Supply Chain Improvements

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April 25, 2017 Letter

Open Letter to British American Tobacco Shareholders

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EPA Decision Could Put Children at Risk

Concerns Rising Over Lax Regulation Under Trump

March 29, 2017 Dispatches

Ghana Ratifies Mercury Convention

Toxic Metal Used in Small-Scale Gold Mining Especially Harmful to Children

March 20, 2017 Commentary

How Trump’s Budget Would Hurt Kids – and US Workers

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March 16, 2017 Letter

G 20: Recommendations to the German government on human rights in global supply chains

March 15, 2017 Commentary

Indonesia's Child Tobacco Workers in Peril

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March 3, 2017 Dispatches

The Netherlands's Plan to Cut Child Labor Out of Products

Dutch Law Would Make Companies Address Exploitation

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February 27, 2017 Dispatches

France Takes Historic Step Toward Reducing Supply Chain Abuses

Companies Should Put Safeguards in Place to Protect Workers Abroad

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