Nestle and other chocolate giants are being sued for profiting from child labour...but they're arguing that because they're corporations, anti-slavery laws can't apply to them!
It's completely disgusting, but we can help make sure they don't get away with it.
A group of former child slaves who worked on cocoa plantations in Cote d’Ivoire are suing the chocolate giants, saying they knew about the trafficking and forced labour of children and did NOTHING.
They're ready to go the distance in court, but the companies are going to do everything they can to drain every penny...so they need help to ensure they can keep fighting.
Can you help these former child slaves get justice against the chocolate giants?
More information
Nestle, Cargill, Mars, Hershey, Mondelez, Olam and Barry Callebaut Respond to New Cocoa Slavery Case With Blatant, Objectively Verifiable Lies
International Rights Advocates. 2 August 2021.
International Rights Advocates. 2 August 2021.
Press Release: Child Slaves Who Were Trafficked and Forced to Harvest Cocoa in Cote D’Ivoire Sue the Cocoa Companies that Enslaved Them: Nestle, Cargill, Mars, Mondelēz, Hershey, Barry Callebaut, and Olam
International Rights Advocates. 12 February 2021.
International Rights Advocates. 12 February 2021.
Department of Labor Study on Child Labor
International Rights Advocates. 12 April 2020.
International Rights Advocates. 12 April 2020.
Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Meet the “John Does” – the Children Enslaved in Nestlé & Cargill’s Supply Chain
Just Security. 21 December 2020.
Just Security. 21 December 2020.
Cocoa’s child laborers
Washington Post. 15 June 2019.
Washington Post. 15 June 2019.
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US
The Guardian. 21 February 2021.
The Guardian. 21 February 2021.