ICAR launches DefendILAB.com, an online clearinghouse for information about the impact of the Trump Administration’s attacks on The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) and its programs to advance strong labor standards and fair working conditions worldwide. It will also serve as an advocacy hub to fight back.

ICAR Strongly Condemns President Trump’s Decision to Eliminate Funding to Combat Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Trafficking

New ICAR & CSIS Report Highlights How the U.S. Can Improve Government Coordination for a More Rights-Based Approach to Supply Chain Transparency.

ICAR calls for proposed plans to cut the DOJ’s public corruption unit to be abandoned, and for the unit to continue to serve the purpose of combating corruption.

On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), citing interests in “American economic competitiveness” and “national security.” ICAR strongly condemns this action.

Letters Call for Action on Second Anniversary of Forced Disappearance of Human Rights Defenders Ricardo Lagunes Gasca and Antonio Diaz Valencia.

On Thursday, November 14, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced an Action Plan for enhancing the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). The Action Plan provides a comprehensive set of goals and actions, including actions that would incorporate labor rights considerations into SIMP.

ICAR publishes policy brief with detailed argument for why the United States needs to adopt an FCPA for Human Rights.

ICAR is pleased to share our full assessment of the 2024 United States National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.

Two inter-linked phenomena have primarily defined the modern global economy: the concentration of enormous market power into a few corporations, and the increasing reliance on fragmented and opaque supply chains.

On March 22, the Biden Administration released the 2024 United States Government National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (NAP). ICAR’s initial assessment finds that while it has limitations, the 2024 NAP represents a significant improvement from the 2016 NAP, and overall, it reflects a clear commitment to use the levers of governmental power to drive business respect for human rights.

Ahead of the European Union vote on whether to adopt the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), ICAR, joined by 69 other partner organizations around the world, sent letters urging European countries to vote in favor of a strong due diligence directive.

The Corporate Accountability Agenda is a document that aims to bring together the interconnected lines of work taking place across the corporate accountability movement into a unified narrative that addresses the need to both dismantle systems of corporate power and enact legal safeguards against abuse.

Unchecked corporate power sits at the root of nearly every progressive issue of our time. Financial deregulation and low union density, among other things, have contributed to skyrocketing corporate profits while wages remain relatively stagnant in comparison to the inflated cost of living. Climate change driven by an underregulated fossil fuel industry is increasing the frequency and intensity of climate disasters across the United States.

ICAR’s work was covered in a recent article published in the New York Times: They Spoke Up for Free Speech. Now They Are Being Sued for Defamation. The piece tells the story of activists in Thailand who were hit with SLAPP lawsuits for speaking out against labor abuses within the supply chain of a Thai poultry company, Thammakaset Co., Ltd.

April 24 marked nine years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Just the day before, dangerous structural cracks were discovered in the building and although the stores in the lower floors of the building closed immediately, the garment factories forced their workers to return to work the next day. That day the building collapsed, killing at least 1,132 people and injuring more than 2,500.

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) applauds Senators Richard Durban and Sherrod Brown for introducing the Alien Tort Statute Clarification Act (ATSCA). If passed, the bill would clarify that the ATS applies to any defendants with personal jurisdiction in the United States, regardless of where the activity in question took place.

Over the next several months, ICAR will facilitate the development of a Corporate Accountability Agenda that will aim to detail the business and human rights movement’s legislative goals and serve as a guidepost for community advocacy.

ICAR today launches a storytelling project centering the voices of victims of human rights abuses in global supply chains. These stories highlight the importance of legislation that holds corporations accountable for their value chains.

To support enforcement of Section 307 of the Tariff Act and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), ICAR urges the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) to require companies that import goods into the United States to accurately trace their supply chains for those goods and report comprehensive supply chain information to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as a condition of entry.