Position Statements and Legislation
In September 2005, Dutch member of parliament Femke Halsema filed a motion to abolish European imports of slave-processed cacao. Statements have been issued by Anti-Slavery International, the Anti-Slavery Society, Fred E. Foldvary, the Organic Consumers Association and StoptheTraffick UK.
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