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, …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …