“In June 2018, the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV) Act was passed into law after years of advocacy from civil society and women’s human rights organizations in Eswatini. It …
ILAW, NLC partner on ILO Convention 190
The International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network ILAW, is supporting the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC and women/young workers across Nigeria to lend their voices for the ratification of the International Labour …
Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya
A lawsuit against a Canadian company for violations of customary international law in Eritrea can go forward, the Supreme Court has ruled. Eritrea is a country in east Africa. It has …
NGOs file petition to prevent importation of chocolate made with child labor
Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL), International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) and the UC Irvine Civil Rights Litigation Clinic today submitted a petition under section 307 of the Trade Act of 1930 to …
Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of the Earth France, Survie and four Ugandan associations (AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the …
Transforming the labour governance of global supply chains
Activists and academics alike hailed the conclusion of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety which offered hope that lessons had been learned from the carnage of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh. …
First Regional Conference on Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa [Call for Papers]
ASEHI First Regional Conference Nairobi, Kenya Abstracts should preferably focus focus on the the development of sexual harassment laws in their specific countries and/or regions and should accentuate the gaps, …
The Mighty Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft in “the dock” – A Look At the Child Labour Lawsuit
Apple, Google (through its parent company Alphabet, Inc), Dell, Microsoft and Tesla have been named as defendants in what could be a landmark case pertaining to the use of child …
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LANDMARK NEVSUN RULING WILL PAVE WAY FORWARD FOR OTHER VICTIMS OF CORPORATE ABUSE
Last Friday, the Canadian Supreme Court announced its decision on jurisdiction in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya, in which a Canadian company is being sued for alleged violations of Customary …