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Are there workers’ environmental rights in EU law?

Over recent decades, we have seen an increase in academic exploration of the interactions between workers and the environment, including the emergence of new fields such as environmental labour studies. Labour lawyers have …

Wisconsin ruling that Amazon drivers are employees stands, state’s high court unanimously decides

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued, not independent contractors as the online …

Subway faces $50M suit for sexual abuse at franchisee

A former employee of Subway franchisee GRB Investments is suing the operator and the brand for $50 million in damages after she was repeatedly drugged and raped by her supervisor, according to a …

Resources

REDESCA launches its Agenda 2024-26

In a strategic step towards the promotion and protection of rights in the Americas, REDESCA presents its Work Plan 2024-2026, entitled “A Hemispheric Agenda for ESCER“. This document, which was …

ACHPR: Resolution on the Development of Guidelines on the Protection of the Rights of Workers in the Informal Economy Sector in Africa

“The Commission decides:  1. to task the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa, to develop Guidelines on the Protection of the Rights of Workers in the …

HIDDEN HARVEST: Human Rights and Environmental Abuses in India’s Shrimp Industry

“This report is the culmination of three years of research and investigations into the Indian shrimp sector, examining evidence of forced labor, living and working conditions for shrimp supply chain …

ILO Report – Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour

“US$236 billion. This is the obscene level of annual profit generated from forced labour in the world today. This figure reflects the wages or earnings effectively stolen from the pockets …

‘Gig’ workers in Europe: the new platform of rights

“Last Monday, European Union member states reached a provisional agreement on the compromise text of the directive on platform work. This momentous decision comes more than two years after the European Commission’s initial …

Confronting systemic human rights violations: Human rights due diligence and state-imposed forced labor under the German Supply Chain Act

“The existence of state-imposed forced labor as a systemic human rights violation within global value chains requires an urgent corporate response. Although the issue of state-imposed forced labor and its …

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ILAW Global Conference 2024

We are excited to invite you to the Third ILAW Network Global Conference, which will be  held on October 9 – 11 in Morocco! We hope that you will be …

October 9–11, 2024

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