Failure to tackle worker abuse breeds modern slavery, U.N. expert warns

A failure to hold companies to account for lesser labour abuses from late wage payments to excessive overtime creates a breeding ground for the worst forms of modern slavery to …

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Informe Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y su Relatoría Especial sobre Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales publicó a finales de 2019 el informe “Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos” …

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CBP Issues Withhold Release Order on Tobacco from Malawi

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a withhold release order on tobacco from Malawi and products containing tobacco from Malawi. The products will be detained at all U.S. ports …

Lawyers contest UK imports of ‘slave-picked’ Uzbek cotton in landmark EU case

A landmark legal challenge will be filed in Britain on Monday over cotton imports from Uzbekistan in a case lawyers say could pave the way to stop slave-made goods entering …

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UK falls short on corporate regulation

Laws to regulate companies’ behaviour are desperately needed – but at the current time, the UK falls short. We explain why the UK needs to move beyond the Modern Slavery …

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Company making Costco pajamas flagged for forced labor

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Oct. 1 slapped rare detention orders on goods imported from an unprecedented five countries in one day based on allegations that people producing those …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Issues Detention Orders against Companies Suspected of Using Forced Labor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued five Withhold Release Orders (WROs) covering five different products, imported from five different countries yesterday, September 30. This action was based on information obtained …

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Cambodian Seafood Workers Ask Ninth Circuit to Revive Trafficking Suit

An attorney for seven Cambodian villagers forced to work in the Thai seafood industry told a Ninth Circuit panel Friday that all partners in the venture knew or should have …

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Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas

Aside from the eight Korean officers, the crew of the Oyang 70 consisted of 36 Indonesians, six Filipinos and one Chinese. The officers derided the Muslims on board as “dogs” …

THAILAND: NEW RULES, NEW DEBTS – SLAVERY FEARS FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

Millions of migrant workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos toil in Thailand’s low-skilled sectors, where limited state oversight and unscrupulous employment practices leave many vulnerable to exploitation and modern slavery, …

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