Petition · past parliament · Home Office

Take action to tackle modern slavery in artisanal cobalt mining

Closed 32 signatures

What the petition asks

Investigate, exert pressure and legislate to tackle modern slavery in artisanal cobalt mining. This could involve new regulation of the cobalt supply chain to tackle unethically sourced cobalt, and/or the regulation and certification of products that use cobalt similar to the diamond industry.
If the UK Government is a protector of universal human rights this should be an issue the UK Government should be tackling immediately.

Timeline

16 Jan 2023 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 32
Status Closed
Department Home Office
Opened 16 Jan 2023
Closed 16 Jul 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.