When “No Steps Taken” Is Still Legal
Under the Modern Slavery Act, companies must say what they have done to address forced labour in their supply chains. The catch is that a company can comply by saying it has done nothing at all. For children working in the artisanal mining communities of the DRC, that is not enough.
DRC Ebola Outbreak
What the recent Ebola outbreak in the DRC means for children supported by the Freedom and Justice Partnership
Beneath the Arena
I stood inside the Colosseum last week and tried to see it clearly. Nearly fifteen million people visited it last year. Almost none of them pause to consider who built it. The parallel with modern supply chains is not exact. But the pattern is disturbingly familiar.
Different Roads, Same Destination
A new report exploring the strategic relationship between China, cobalt, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and what it means for power, industry, and justice in one of the world’s most contested supply chains.
Thirty Children Out of the Mines and Into School
FJP has funded a full year of education for 30 children working in and around the cobalt mines in Kolwezi, DRC. This is just the beginning.
Hell on Rare Earth
Hell on rare earth. The horrors of deadly child labour sitting beneath the digital and green revolutions.