Welcome to Episode 8 of Justice Studio Sessions. In this episode we discuss child slavery in the chocolate industry. This was a topic that Justice Studio came across during an evaluation for the German Government, of their Covid 19 Regeneration and Re-build Programme, which supported suppliers in the coffee and cocoa sectors across Africa.

Joining us is Terry Collingsworth in an international human rights lawyer and founder of International Rights Advocates. He was General Counsel of the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) from 1989 to 2006 and made Executive Director in 2001. Since 2007, Terry has focused primarily on human rights and bringing lawyers, educators, and human rights activists together to collaborate on strategic litigation, public policy, consumer campaigns, and targeted actions against child slavery in the chocolate industry.

In our discussion we highlight the issue of child labour, hazardous work and slavery, the income inequalities at the different stages of the cocoa supply chain, Fair Trade and the Rainforest Alliance, and how, despite the Harkin Engel Protocol, the chocolate industry has failed to make any real steps to stop child slavery.

International Rights Advocates' website: https://www.internationalrightsadvocates.org/

DONATE to help them at: https://www.internationalrightsadvocates.org/donate

For more information on the issue:

View The Chocolate War via Amazon Prime and other streaming services:https://www.internationalrightsadvocates.org/advocate/hostascreening

Read about Terry’s work:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-harvesting-cocoa-used-by-major-corporations-ghana/

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/12/20/cargill-child-labor-lawsuit

Switching to ethical chocolate:

Link to send emails to cocoa companies: https://stopcocoaslavery.carrd.co/

Find ethical chocolate companies here: https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ethical-chocolate-companies

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