Earlier this summer, as millions of Italians were locked down inside their homes, fruit and vegetables were left to rot in the fields despite the cost to the country’s economy. …
Lawyers Assisting Workers Condemn Rice Mill Company For Holding 126 Workers Hostage
The International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, Nigeria Chapter, has condemned Popular Farm, a rice mill company that held 126 workers against their will, in deplorable conditions and on starvation …
Kuwait drops all “absconding” cases reported during Covid-19 crisis
According to a recent Al Qabas report, Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has annulled all “absconding” cases lodged during the Covid-19 crisis. The decision comes after investigations revealed that many absconding …
Durban company hit with R25,000 fine after locking up workers and forcing them to make masks
A factory in Durban where employees were locked in and forced to make surgical masks has been slapped with a R25,000 fine. The Chen Lu Fragrance Company appeared in the …
US Department of State, Treasury,Commerce and Homeland Security: Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory
The U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a business advisory to …
TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST
“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …
ILAW Statement: States Must Act Now to End Forced Labor at Sea
“The International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, which unites over 400 workers’ rights lawyers from over 55 countries, writes to demand the immediate release and repatriation of the roughly 200,000 …
Supreme Court orders government to use welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers stranded abroad
“The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to the government to use the foreign employment welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers living abroad in highly vulnerable conditions. The order …
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Seafarers Trapped Serving Global Supply Chains amounts to Egregious Abuse of Human Rights: States Must Fulfill their Duty to Protect
“As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped aboard ships in violation of international law. Each …