End Uyghur Forced Labour in China Now
The Chinese government subjects Uyghurs to systematic forced labour.
Fashion brands are complicit.
The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region
We are a coalition of civil society organisations and trade unions united to end state-sponsored forced labour and other egregious human rights abuses against people from the Uyghur Region in China, known to local people as East Turkistan.
We are calling on leading brands and retailers to ensure that they are not supporting or benefiting from the pervasive and extensive forced labour of the Uyghur population and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples, perpetrated by the Chinese government.
84%
of cotton production from China comes from the Uyghur Region
20%
of the world’s cotton comes from the Uyghur Region
1 in 5
cotton garments in the global apparel market are tainted by forced labour
Our Call to Action
We are calling on brands and retailers to exit the Uyghur Region at every level of their supply chain, from cotton to finished products, to prevent the use of forced labour of Uyghurs and other groups in other facilities, and to end relationships with suppliers supporting the forced labour system. Brands and retailers must take each of these steps in order to fulfil their corporate responsibility obligations to respect human rights as defined in international principles such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Organisations that wish to become endorsers of the Call to Action are welcome to do so by filling this form.
Apparel companies that wish to make the commitments outlined in our Call to Action should e-mail [email protected]
Individuals are encouraged to sign this petition.
Coalition Members:
Our Call to Action is endorsed by over 290 organisations from over 35+ countries:
Above Ground
ABVV-FGTB (General Labour Federation of Belgium)
achACT (Actions Consumers Workers)
ACV-CSC (Confederation of Christian Trade Unions)
ACV-CSC METEA (Metal and Textile Industries Trade Union)
Adrian Dominican Sisters, Portfolio Advisory Board
Advocates for Public Interest Law
Æquo, Shareholder Engagement Services
AFL-CIO
Alberta Uyghur Association
All Hands And Hearts
Alliance Canada Hong Kong
Alliance Sud
altraQualità
American Muslim Bar Association
Anti-Slavery International
Aquinas Associates
Arisa Foundation
Arise Foundation
Asian Solidarity Council for Freedom and Democracy
Assembly of the Cuban Resistance
Association des Ouïghours de France (Association of French Uyghurs)
Athenai Institute
Australia Tibet Council
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australian East Turkestan Association
Australian Uyghur Association
Australian Uyghur Tangritagh Women’s Association
Austria Uyghur Association
Azru Uigurischer Kuturverein e.V. (Azru Uyghur Cultural Association)
Azzad Asset Management
Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers’ Federation
Be Slavery Free
Belgium Uyghur Association
BIPOC of Marin
Bishkek Human Rights Committee
Bitter Winter
Campagna Abiti Puliti
Campaign for Uyghurs
Canada East Turkestan Union
Casa de Esperanza
Center for Studies on New Religions
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Central Única dos Trabalhadores, Brasil (Unified Workers’ Central, Brazil)
Chicory Wealth
China Aid Association
China Alarm
China Labor Watch
China Labour Bulletin
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Christian Super
Citizen Power Initiatives for China
Citizens’ Press Conference
Clean Clothes Campaign
Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette
Comitato Lady Lawyer Village
Comité de Apoyo al Tíbet (Tibet Support Committee)
Congregation Beth Ora
Congregation of St. Joseph
The Constellation Coalition
CORE Coalition
Corporate Accountability Lab
Covenants Watch
Dabindu Collective
Dana Investment Advisors
Daniye Uyghur Jama’itining Wekili (Denmark Uyghur Association)
Darman Foundation
Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise
Diocese of Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force
Doğu Türkistan Basin ve Medya Derneği (East Turkistan Press and Media Association)
Doğu Türkistan Gençlik Derneği (East Turkistan Youth Association)
Doğu Türkistan Kültür Merkezi Duisburg (East Turkistan Cultural Center Duisburg)
Doğu Türkistan Maarif ve Dayanimsa Derneği (East Turkistan Education and Solidarity Association)
Doğu Türkistan Muhacirlar Derneği (East Turkistan Immigrants Association)
Doğu Türkistan Nuzugum Kültür ve Aile Derneği (Nuzugum Culture and Family Centre)
Doğu Türkistan Spor ve Gelişim Derneği (East Turkistan Sports and Development Association)
Doğu Türkistan Yeni Nesil Hareketi Derneği (East Turkistan New Generation Movement)
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Dutch Uyghur Human Rights Foundation
Dutch Uyghur, Tibet, Mongol People Cooperation Organization
East Turkestan Union in Europe
East Turkistan Art & Science Institute
East Turkistan Association of Canada
East Turkistan Cultural and Solidarity Association
East Turkistan Foundation
East Turkistan Human Rights Watch Association
East Turkistan Information Center
East Turkistan National Council
East Turkistan Union in Europe
Eastern Turkistan Uyghur Association in the Netherlands
European Federation for Freedom of Belief
ExPOSE
Extinction Rebellion Fashion Action Netherlands
FAIR (Fair Trade Cooperative)
Fair Action
Fashion Revolution
Fashion Roundtable
Felician Sisters of North America
FEMNET e.V.
FGTB – CG (General Union Belgium)
FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights)
Food Empowerment Project
Formosan Association for Public Affairs
Forum for Religious Freedom Europe
FOS (Solidarity for the socialist movement in Flanders)
Foundation for Uyghur Freedom
Free Tibet
Freedom Fund
Freedom of Conscience
Freedom United
Free Uyghur Student Coalition
Garment Labour Union
Gender Alliance for Development Center
Global Aktion
Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum
Global Legal Action Network
Global Rights Compliance
God Bless HK
Goodweave
Grupo de Apoio ao Tibete (Tibet Support Group)
H&M Hong Kong Staff Union
Heartland Initiative
Hidayah Centre Foundation
High School Democrats of America: National Muslim Caucus
Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Hong Kong Global Connect
HOPE not hate
Human Rights First
Human Rights Foundation
Human Rights in China
Human Rights Now
Human Rights Watch
Human Trafficking Search
Humanitarian China
Humanity Beyond Borders
ICNA Council for Social Justice
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
International Campaign for the Rohingya
International Campaign for Tibet
International Commission of Jurists
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
International Dalit Solidarity Network
International Observatory of Religious Liberty of Refugees
International Service for Human Rights
International Tibet Network
International Trade Union Confederation
International Women’s Alliance for Family Institution and Quality Education (WAFIQ)
Investor Advocates for Social Justice
Investor Alliance for Human Rights
Isa Yusuf Alptekin Foundation
Islamic Information & Services Foundation
Ittipak Uyghur Society of the Kyrgyz Republic
Japan Uyghur Association
Japan Uyghur Union
Jewish Movement for Uyghur Freedom
Jewish World Watch
Justice For All
Kazakhstan National Culture Center
Keep Taiwan Free
Korean House for International Solidarity
Labour Behind the Label
Lady Lawyer Fashion Archive
Lady Lawyer Foundation
Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice
Makkiyyah Institute
Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations
Maquila Solidarity Network
Mavi Hilal
Mercy Investment Services
Miller/Howard Investments, Inc.
Minaret Foundation
Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Movimento Consumatori (Consumer Movement)
Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken (Network for Conscious Consumption)
Nia Impact Capital
No Business With Genocide
Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investing
Norwegian Uyghur Committee (NUK)
Open Gate La Strada Macedonia
Pakistan Ömer Uyghur Foundation
Peace Catalyst International
Priests of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province
Pro Ethical Trade Finland
Project Cece
Project Moon
Public Citizen
Qutatqu Bilik Institute
Rafto Foundation for Human Rights
Raise the Voices
RawAssembly
RealAlts
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment
Religious Freedom Institute
René Cassin
Responsible Sourcing Network
Robert F Kennedy Human Rights
RRSE (Regroupement pour la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises)
Satuq Bughrahan Science and Culture Center
SAVE (Social Awareness and Voluntary Education)
Save Tibet
Science, Education and Research Foundation
Seventh Generation Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment
SHARE (Shareholder Association for Research & Education)
Shukr Foundation
Silk Road Peace Project
Sisters of Mary Reparatrix
Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt, New York
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen, South Dakota
Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
Società Libera
Society for Threatened Peoples (Germany)
Society for Threatened Peoples (Switzerland)
Society Union of Uyghur National Association
Solidarity China
STAND: The Student-Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities
Stand with Hong Kong
Stardust
Stefanus Alliance International
Stolen Dreams UK
STOP THE TRAFFIK
Students Against Uyghur Genocide
Südwind
SÜDWIND-Institut
Suomen Ita Turkestan Yhdistys (Finland East Turkistan Association)
Supporting Human Rights in China (SHRIC)
Sustainable Value Investors
Sweden East Turkistan Education Association
Sweden Mahmut Kashgeri Mother Tongue School
Sweden Uyghur Education Association
T’ruah
Taiwan Association for Human Rights
Taklimakan Islamiska Kultur Center
TERRE DES FEMMES Schweiz
The Rights Practice
Tibet Justice Center
Tibet Support Group
Tibetan Youth Association in Europe
Traidcraft Exchange
Trades Union Congress
Uighur U.K. Association
Uigurischer Veren Schweiz (Swiss Uyghur Association)
Uiguriska Utbildingsföreningen (Uyghur Education Association)
UK Uyghur Community
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445
United Students Against Sweatshops
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Unseen UK
US Tibet Committee
Uyghur Academy
Uyghur Academy America
Uyghur Academy Australia
Uyghur Academy Europe
Uyghur Aid
Uyghur American Association
Uyghur Association of Victoria
Uyghur Collective
Uyghur Democracy and Human Rights Center
Uyghur Forum
Uyghur Human Rights Project
Uyghur Media Center
Uyghur Mothers’ Union in Germany
Uyghur Radio TV
Uyghur Rally
Uyghur Refugee Relief Fund
Uyghur Relief Fund
Uyghur Research Institute
Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
Uyghur Solidarity Campaign
Uyghur Support Group Netherlands
Uyghur Transitional Justice Database
Uyghur Youth Union in Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan Uyghur Culture Center
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Victoria Hong Kong Tertiary Student Association
Walk Free
We Social Movements
Worker Rights Consortium
World Uyghur Congress