‘Uyghurs for sale’: Report exposes forced labour beyond Xinjiang, implicating major brands

The Chinese government has secretly transferred thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minority citizens from Xinjiang to factories across the country, according to a new report that implicates brands including Apple, …

Uyghurs for sale

The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that …

China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike

The workers in standard-issue blue jackets stitch and glue and press together about 8 million pairs of Nikes each year at Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co., a Nike supplier for more than …

Eritreans can sue company in Canada for alleged abuses overseas

TORONTO — Canada’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a ­Vancouver-based mining firm can be sued in a Canadian court for alleged complicity in human rights abuses overseas — a …

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 …

Combatting Forced Labor and Enforcing Workers’ Rights Using the Tariff Act

This briefing paper by the International Labor Rights Forum discusses how U.S. trade policy, embodied in Section 307, can help prevent Americans’ complicity with the forced labor economy. It primarily …

Canada: Modern slavery bill misses the mark

For years, the United Nations and communities harmed by corporate abuse abroad have called on Canada to address the serious human rights violations associated with the overseas operations of Canadian …

Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour

Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …

Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour

Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …

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 …

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