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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 …

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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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The US Forced Labor Import Ban as a Tool to Raise Labor Standards in Supply Chain Contexts: Strategic Approaches to Advocacy

“The United States has banned the importation of goods made with forced labor since 1930. Until recently, however, this law—Section 307 of the US Tariff Act of 1930—was rarely applied, …

Council and Parliament strike a deal to ban products made with forced labour

The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting in the EU market products made with forced labour. The provisional agreement reached today between …

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Saudi companies opt for subcontracting over direct hires, resulting in acute and unchecked exploitation

The experiences of construction, hospitality, and retail sector workers shed light on how both agencies and employers mislead potential recruits about the terms of their employment and manipulate them into …

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Council adopts position to ban products made with forced labour on the EU market

The Council has today adopted its position (negotiating mandate) on the regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. The negotiating mandate of the Council supports the …

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Bitter Brew: Modern slavery in the coffee industry

“Despite repeated promises from coffee multinationals to do better, their supply chains are still riddled with cases of modern slavery. As shown in a new analysis by SOMO and Conectas, this dark …

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En caso de Esclavitud moderna contra la empresa japonesa Furukawa, en Ecuador, ILAW Network presentó Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional

Como Red Internacional de Abogados Laborales de Trababajadores/as ILAW presentó ante la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador un escrito de Amicus Curiae en el caso de la empresa japonesa Furukawa investigada …

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Migrant fruit picker who ‘struggled to buy food after being underpaid by British farm’ sues employers

A migrant fruit picker is suing a Britishfarm in a landmark employment tribunal over claims she was underpaid, worked six-day weeks and had to buy her own protective equipment. Sapana Pangeni, …

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