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May 2022
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U.S. and European Strategies to Tackle H...

CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Ignoring human rights risks in supply chains comes with serious consequences, both for companies and the global economy. In a live event hosted on May 10, 2022, Human Rights Initiative Director Marti Flacks hosted U.S. and EU policymakers, civil society activists, and journalists to discuss tools to address particularly forced and child labor in global suppl ... Show More
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