Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution

Activists say Thailand's prostitution law, which criminalises sex work, does little to protect sex workers

'Historic' labour law raises fear Indian workers will pay price

India's parliament passes three laws to connect more workers with welfare amid concerns that compromises on their legal rights

In India, boy's death spurs calls for bonded labour crackdown

Parents denied wages and beaten when they asked for money to seek medical help for their ailing child

UK orders public sector to tackle modern slavery in supply chains

Public sector to join big businesses in producing annual statement outlining anti-slavery efforts

Anger as Hong Kong court keeps 'discriminatory' live-in rule for migrant maids

The requirement for foreign domestic workers to live with their employers has long been denounced as unfair and inhumane

Migrant factory workers in Thailand launch legal action after wages expose

A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation last year found dozens of garment workers from Myanmar were being illegally underpaid

Girls tackle child marriage on the football pitch in India

Soccer initiative aims to give child brides new opportunities, and the confidence to stand up for their rights

Brazil inspectors accuse contractor of holding workers in slave-like conditions

Brazilian workers found in a rural area in degrading conditions, waiting to start working and forced to sleep in an open shed and on a balcony, labor inspectors said

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Pandemic slashes worldwide income from work by a tenth - ILO

Workers lost a collective $3.5 trillion during the pandemic, with those in informal work and emerging economies particularly hard hit

UK concert hall sheds name of slave trader whose statue was toppled

The former Colston Hall has renamed as Bristol Beacon amid growing discussion of Britain's legacy of slavery

India's Nobel laureate fears upsurge in child labour as pandemic shrivels economy

Indian Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi fears that his efforts to end child labour and human trafficking could reverse amid pandemic

Apparel group says broad ban on China's Xinjiang cotton impossible to enforce

Proposals for a blanket ban on cotton from the Xinjiang are unrealistic and unworkable, said the head of a clothing producers' group

OPINION: Tracking down organ traffickers and their victims

Worldwide, the number of illegal transplants is believed to be somewhere in the region of 10,000 per year

OPINION: Britain has to choose: evict renters or prevent human trafficking?

Restarting evictions will not only cause misery, but also a spike in modern slavery cases