by Terry FitzPatrick | Apr 22, 2014 | Slavery in the News
Many U.S. companies must soon disclose if their products are tainted by minerals often mined by slaves in central Africa. A federal appeals court panel has upheld most elements of the “conflict minerals rule,” which is a new corporate transparency regulation that can...
by Terry FitzPatrick | May 30, 2013 | Congo, Uncategorized
More than 40 sustainable, socially responsible, and faith-based investment groups, who manage over $450 billion in assets, are voicing support today for new requirements that U.S. companies disclose if their products contain “conflict minerals” from central Africa....
by Free the Slaves | Jan 21, 2011 | Slavery in the News
CHILD SLAVERY DOCUMENTARY ‘NOT MY LIFE’ PREMIERS IN NEW YORK Earlier this week Not My Life, a documentary on child slavery and exploitation, premiered at Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York. In an interview with UNICEF (a sponsor of the...
