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Anti-Slavery International

Anti-Slavery

Anti-Slavery International is a human rights organization dedicated to eliminating all forms of slavery worldwide.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

17 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

3 Nov 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and WWF European Policy Programme and

28 Oct 2025 · Sustainability omnibus and climate transition plans

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

2 Oct 2025 · Sustainability omnibus - update for civil society

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis) and ClientEarth AISBL and

18 Jun 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

29 Apr 2025 · Sustainability omnibus

Meeting with Marie Toussaint (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

29 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with William Sleath (Director Secretariat-General) and Friends of the Earth Europe and

20 Feb 2025 · The Omnibus proposal regarding the CSRD, the CSDDD, and taxonomy

Meeting with Pierpaolo Settembri (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas) and Friends of the Earth Europe and Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne

4 Feb 2025 · exchange of views

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and ClientEarth AISBL and

29 Jan 2025 · Upcoming Omnibus proposal

Meeting with Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis) and

20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the simplification policy

Meeting with Fiona Knab-Lunny (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath) and Human Rights Watch and

9 Jan 2025 · Meeting with a delegation of civil society organisations (CSOs) to discuss their concerns regarding the ‘omnibus’ initiative recently announced by President Von der Leyen.

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Dec 2024 · Due Diligence

Meeting with Miriam Lexmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

26 Oct 2023 · Forced labour in Uyghur region

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and World Uyghur Congress and Uyghur Human Rights Project

25 Oct 2023 · Forced labour

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Sept 2023 · Forced Labour ban

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Jul 2023 · STAFF LEVEL - Ban products made with forced labour

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Jul 2023 · Exchange on Forced Labour Ban Regulation

Meeting with Samira Rafaela (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Olam Food Ingredients and University of Stirling

8 Jun 2023 · Forced Labour Ban

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Human Rights Watch and

31 May 2023 · GSP

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 May 2023 · APA - Forced labour

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

4 May 2023 · Forced Labour - Solar and Xinjiang

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

26 Apr 2023 · Forced Labour Regulation (staff level)

Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne and

11 Apr 2023 · Regulation on forced labour ban

Meeting with Mounir Satouri (Member of the European Parliament)

31 Mar 2023 · Travail forcé

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Mar 2023 · APA - Forced labour

Meeting with Samira Rafaela (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

9 Mar 2023 · Forced Labour Ban

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Mar 2023 · Forced labour

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Responsible Business Alliance

8 Mar 2023 · Remediating forced labour

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

8 Mar 2023 · Möte

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Mar 2023 · Forced labour

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

7 Mar 2023 · Force Labour product ban

Meeting with Lara Wolters (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Mar 2023 · Local organisations from 8 countries working on forced labour in supply chains

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

7 Mar 2023 · Forced Labour ban - conversation with local NGOs convened by ASI

Meeting with Ilan De Basso (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and European Youth Forum and

28 Feb 2023 · Möte

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and SMEunited aisbl and Responsible Business Alliance

26 Jan 2023 · Forced Labour ban

Meeting with Inma Rodríguez-Piñero (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Jan 2023 · Reunión ONG Libera sobre trabajo forzado en Chile (APA)

Anti-Slavery International urges worker-centered forced labour ban

30 Nov 2022
Topic — EU initiative to prohibit products made with forced labour from the single market.
Message — The organization calls for a regulation that prioritizes worker remediation and addresses state-imposed forced labour. They recommend mandatory mapping of supply chains and the implementation of region-wide bans for systemic human rights abuses.123
Why — The proposed changes would provide the organization with more effective legal tools to eliminate global slavery.45
Impact — Companies would lose the ability to use social audits as a shield to prevent forced labour investigations.67
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Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne and

17 Nov 2022 · forced labour

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

15 Nov 2022 · NGO roundtable on Due Diligence

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 Nov 2022 · Corporate due diligence & forced labour

Anti-Slavery International demands public disclosure of EU customs data

19 Sept 2022
Topic — This initiative revises customs rules to address e-commerce and modern supply chains.
Message — The group wants customs authorities to publish data on all traded products without assuming confidentiality. They argue this information is vital for civil society to identify human rights abuses.12
Why — Access to trade data would allow the organization to track and stop slavery.34
Impact — Businesses would lose automatic confidentiality protections, potentially exposing sensitive commercial information to competitors.5
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Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

29 Jun 2022 · EU forced labour instrument

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Ericsson and Global Witness

28 Jun 2022 · Stakeholder consultation on Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence

Anti-Slavery International urges EU to ban all forced labour goods

20 Jun 2022
Topic — Consultation on prohibiting products made with forced labour from the EU internal market.
Message — The group calls for an instrument covering all companies and logistics services. It demands a border mechanism to stop suspected goods before they reach consumers. Prohibitions should only be lifted after victims receive compensation and remedy.123
Why — Successful implementation would directly achieve the organization's primary objective of ending global slavery.45
Impact — Exploitative businesses and states would lose lucrative market access and face financial penalties.67
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Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

14 Jun 2022 · CSDDD

Anti-Slavery International urges EU to end forced labour loopholes

16 May 2022
Topic — A legislative proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and accountability.
Message — The group wants the law to include small businesses and high-risk industries like electronics and construction. Removing 'established business relationship' limits prevents companies using short-term contracts to evade their legal responsibilities. Additionally, they advocate for mandatory, meaningful engagement with workers throughout the entire process.1234
Why — Stronger regulations would advance the group’s historical mission to eradicate all forms of global slavery.56
Impact — Auditors and third-party verifiers would face new civil liability for failing to report non-compliance.7
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Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

16 May 2022 · due diligence (APA only)

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE and

14 Feb 2022 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and ClientEarth AISBL and

26 Jan 2022 · Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

30 Nov 2021 · forced labour

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

8 Nov 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

22 Sept 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

17 Sept 2021 · upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

27 May 2021 · Due diligence

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen), Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen) and

22 Mar 2021 · corporate due diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and ClientEarth AISBL and

15 Mar 2021 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2020 · Substainable corporate governance

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and

30 Nov 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Maria Arena (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Oct 2020 · expose the specificities of instances of Forced and Child Labour

Response to Sustainable corporate governance

6 Oct 2020

Founded in 1839, Anti-Slavery International is the oldest international human rights organisation in the world. Today, we draw on our experience to work to eliminate all forms of slavery and slavery like practices throughout the world by looking at the root causes of slavery and its consequences to achieve sustainable change. The ILO estimates that 25 million people are in forced labour at any given time, of which 16 million are in the private sector. This includes victims in industries such as construction, textiles, electronics and agriculture, and many other industries besides. Additionally, about 1 in 10 children globally – over 150 million – are victims of child labour, with almost half of them working in hazardous conditions. According to KnowTheChain, over 60% of leading EU-based companies are failing to take adequate steps to address forced labour and almost three-quarters of them fail to provide adequate remedy to victims of forced labour. In a drive for competitive advantage, many European businesses search for reduced costs that are often based on extreme levels of exploitation. Forced and child labour occurs due to a combination of external causes and business model drivers. Many of the root causes of forced and child labour are systemic – linked to poverty, lack of education, discrimination based on caste, descent, race or social constructs, migration status and weak rule of law. Corporate practices and business operations act as a catalyst to the problem and create the demand for forced labour through the constant drive for low prices, quick turnaround for products, the increase of outsourcing, and corporate practices to restrict freedom of association. Anti-Slavery strongly calls for binding human rights and environmental due diligence legislation, with liability and access to justice and remedy that makes companies and investors legally responsible to respect human rights and to identify, cease, prevent, mitigate, monitor and account for potential and actual risks of forced and child labour along their whole value chain, including subsidiaries, suppliers and (sub)contractors. Important elements of this legislation should be: • All business enterprises, no matter their size or corporate structure, must be covered by the legislation; • All business enterprises should promote and ensure freedom of association and collective bargaining as central enabling rights; • Mapping, transparency and traceability of supply chains must be integrated into the due diligence process - up to the lowest tiers of supply chains - where forced and child labour is often the most hidden; • Analysis of the impact of purchasing and outsourcing practices must be integrated into the due diligence process to ensure free recruitment, payment of living wages, compliance with all social rights and ensuring suppliers have the financial capacity to comply with human rights standards; • All concerned stakeholders, including but not limited to workers, workers associations, trade unions, civil society actors, local communities, indigenous groups and any other affected or potentially affected stakeholders, must be consulted and involved at all stages of the definition, implementation and monitoring of the due-diligence process; In this spirit, organisations based in the ‘global south’ should be consulted in the upcoming impact assessment to ensure that the knowledge and perspectives of victims and survivors of slavery and people vulnerable to slavery are central to the design and implementation of the legislation; • The legislation must provide for joint liability for harms caused or contributed to by entities under their control or economically dependent, as well as liability for harms directly linked to their products, services or operations through a business relationship unless they can prove they took all measures to prevent the harm and ensure effective access to remedy for victims, including adequate support mechanisms.
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Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and

5 Jun 2020 · Sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

7 Dec 2017 · How to better prevent child labour

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

15 Feb 2016 · Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan forced labour in cotton harvest

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

6 May 2015 · Forced labour in Uzbekistan