Legislation

International Frameworks

Core human rights frameworks Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) International convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their... Read more
United Kingdom

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is the first of its kind in Europe, and one of the first in the world, to specifically address slavery and trafficking in the 21st century. It received the Royal Assent on... Read more
USA

2015 Testimony of Fr. Shay Cullen, Founder of PREDA Philippines, Speaking at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on Accountability and Transformation: Tier Rankings in The Fight Against... Read more
Italy

Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Equal Opportunity Department against Human Trafficking (in Italian). Health Ministry: How to donate organs and tissues (in Italian). ... Read more

#EndSlavery is an initiative of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and Pontifical Academy of Sciences for their work to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking, a task Pope Francis assigned to them in 2013.

International Frameworks