Peters Announces Bipartisan Legislation to Help Combat Human Rights Abuses

May 6, 2022

The bill would also direct the Commerce Department to offer guidance to U.S. exporters to help them avoid doing business with foreign entities that may be implicated in forced labor or human rights violations – a problem that has received renewed focus as new human rights abuses come to light amid Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The bipartisan legislation has earned the support of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the AFL-CIO.

“Ignorance of the human rights issues connected to the global business community is no longer acceptable at the corporate level,” said Omer Kanat, Executive Director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project. “Uyghurs understand the disastrous implications of global businesses ignoring state-sponsored forced labor in the Uyghur region of China, so we’re glad to see continued pressure from Congress to push back on these abuses.”

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