ILAW Network

Cambodia: Report on Prosecution of Six Independent Trade Union Leaders

“The treatment of labor union leaders by governmental authorities in Cambodia has a volatile history and has been the subject of concern by various international and regional authorities, including the …

ABA Center for Human Rights

Forced Labor and Trafficking, Supply Chains

Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: No Safe Harbor for Enablers of Child Slavery – Secondary Liability and the ATS

“The Supreme Court will face difficult questions about the reach of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) as it hears oral argument in Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I on Dec. 1st. Fortunately, …

Chris Moxley, Just Security

COVID 19, OSH

Why it’s time to blow the whistle on Amazon

“Amazon, as the oversimplified origin story of the Seattle-based tech juggernaut goes, was founded by Jeff Bezos in his rental home garage in 1994. Today it is one of the …

Equal Times, Nithin Coca

Trade Union Rights

The Transformation of the Mexican Labour Regulation Model and its link to North American Economic Integration

This working paper analyses the transformations of the Mexican labour regulation model in its different phases. The first phase is selective inclusion of waged workers among the beneficiaries of the …

Graciela Bensusán

Discrimination, Employment Relationship, ILO, Informal Economy, OSH, Trade Union Rights

Reflections on Labour Law from a Southern African Perspective

This compilation consists of four parts. Part 1 consists of opening addresses by Corrine Vargha, Karen Curtis and Judge Waglay. Part 2 covers the topic ‘freedom of association and collective …

Chanda Chungu, Pamhidzai Bamu, Stefan van Eck

Forced Labor and Trafficking, Supply Chains

Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: The Prohibitions on Slavery, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Meet the Sosa Test

“Slavery is among the oldest prohibitions under international law. In Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I, slated for oral argument on Dec. 1st, however, the Supreme Court will consider whether to exempt …

Alasdair Phillips-Robins, Chris Ewell, Ellen Nohle, Just Security, Nicole Ng, Oona Hathaway

Employment Relationship, Other

European Court of Justice Judgment: In Case C‑681/18 JH v. KG

Below is the full judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the issue of temporary agency work. ” By its question, the referring court enquires, in essence, …

Court of the Justice of the European Union

Informal Economy, OSH

English