The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 22
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- Furthermore, the exposure of risks of human trafficking in supply chains has led to the introduction of laws in some home States requiring disclosure of specific information to scrutinize the efforts of the private sector in preventing and combating human trafficking. In the United States, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, which came into effect on 1 January 2012, requires every retailer and manufacturer with annual worldwide revenues in excess of $100 million to disclose on its website information about its efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from its direct supply chain (sect. 3 (a) (1)). The disclosure must include information about the extent to which the seller or manufacturer engages in verification of product supply chains, conducts audits of suppliers to evaluate supplier compliance with company standards for trafficking and slavery in supply chains, requires direct suppliers to certify that materials incorporated into the product comply with the laws regarding slavery and human trafficking of the country or countries in which they are doing business, maintains internal accountability standards and procedures for employees or contractors failing to meet company standards regarding slavery and trafficking, and provides company employees and management with training on human trafficking and slavery (sect. 3 (c)). Failure to disclose this information by 30 November 2012 may result in legal actions brought by the Attorney General of California.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 22
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