Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Portrait of Anasuya Syam

Anasuya Syam

Human Rights and Trade Policy Director

Human Trafficking Legal Center

Attending in person

Anasuya Syam is the human rights and trade policy director at the Human Trafficking Legal Center. She leads the Human Trafficking Legal Center’s initiative on trade and forced labor, with a focus on leveraging import prohibitions to address forced labor in global supply chains. Syam works with pro bono counsel, civil society groups, government, and other stakeholders to push for greater accountability through the enforcement of various import prohibitions against products made using forced labor. She is the co-author of the practice guide 'Importing Freedom: Using the U.S. Tariff Act to Combat Forced Labor in Supply Chains', translated into four languages. Syam has testified in Congress and published multiple op-eds on import bans and forced labor. Syam also chairs an international coalition called the Coalition Against Forced Labor in Trade (CAFLT), comprising of 18 NGOs across nine countries, working together to ensure a world with no safe harbor for goods made with forced labor.

Topics & sessions

ICCR 2026 Fall Conference

October 6–9, 2026