Integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking 2013, para. 49
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Evidence suggests that when businesses work together to stop human trafficking, they can have a significant impact. For example, 10 food corporations in the United States of America involved in selling fast food, food services and groceries signed what were called "fair food agreements" in 2010 with an organization representing migrant farmworkers. Retailers purchasing large quantities of tomatoes accepted a legal obligation "to cut off purchases in the event slavery is discovered in their supply chain". The agreement came after a consumer boycott of one retailer, organized as a result of a campaign by the migrant farmworkers' organization. The consumer boycott was started after it became known that labourers subjected to forced labour had worked on several farms that were supplying tomatoes to major retailers.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children