Human Rights Organization
Free the Slaves
USA

In keeping with EPIC's commitment to international human rights, EPIC was a founding patron of Free the Slaves, a non-profit organization working to end slavery worldwide. EPIC believes Free the Slaves and its sister organization Anti-Slavery International in the UK to be the most effective organizations fighting contemporary slavery. They do research on modern slavery and then work to raise public awareness and educate policy makers. They promote slave-free supply chains and build consumer demand for slave-free products. They also work directly with local organizations that are actually breaking down doors to liberate illegally held slaves and afterward providing services for rehabilitation.

Free the Slaves sees its work in the context of efforts around the world to enable people to meet their basic needs. Access to economic opportunities, health services, and universal education, plus a strong rule of law, would reduce the vulnerability of poor people to enslavement. Additionally Free the Slaves believes that the existence of slavery calls for an immediate specific and direct approach to its eradication.