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U.S. Government efforts to advance business and human rights in 2017
The U.S. government is committed to supporting and advancing respect for human rights among businesses, and has continued to take steps toward this objective in 2017... [including the following, among others:]
- USAID launches global alliance to promote legal and sustainable seafood
- U.S. government addresses trafficking in persons in federal supply chains
- U.S. National Contact Point undertook a Peer Review September 28-29, 2017
- U.S. government co-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolutions that advance business and human rights
- U.S. Department of State awards $25M to Global Fund to End Modern Slavery
- U.S. Department of Labor supports project to reduce child labor in production of vanilla in Madagascar
- U.S. Department of State and USAID renew Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade