Moroccan women say they have faced exploitation and abuse this year in the strawberry fields of southern Spain, which supplies fruit to supermarkets and restaurants across the UK. International human …
Dutch child labour due diligence law: a step towards mandatory human rights due diligence
“The Dutch law introduces a duty of care [zorgplicht] to prevent the supply of goods or services which have been produced using child labour. This duty is different to the …
Forced labor lawsuit against Imperial Pacific progresses
mperial Pacific’s development of the Imperial Palace in Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has faced plenty of problems, including delays and lawsuits. One of those lawsuits …
Petition to exclude all palm oil, palm kernel oil, and palm oil fractions produced in Malaysia by FGV Holdings Berhad from importation into the United States because they are produced “wholly or in part” with forced and child labor
Per the specifications set forth in 19 C.F.R. § 12.42, the facts herein demonstrate, first, that palm oil and palm oil products produced and distributed by FGV are produced using …
Press Release: Petition filed with U.S. Government to Block Importation of Palm Oil Produced in Malaysia with Child and Forced Labor
The Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute announced the filing of a petition to ban importation of palm oil produced in Malaysia by that country’s biggest, and one-third government-owned palm oil producer, FGV Holdings Berhad (formerly known as FELDA Global …
TIANMING WANG, et al., vs. GOLD MANTIS CONSTRUCTION DECORATION (CNMI), LLC, et al.
The federal district court in Saipan issued a decision allowing the forced labor and human trafficking claims of seven Chinese construction workers to proceed. The case, Wang, et al. v. Gold …
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children – Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons
“The present report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, was prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/5. Throughout her mandate, …
US Trafficking in Persons Report 2019
“This multifaceted crime can challenge policy makers. The foundational elements of human trafficking are difficult to grasp and the real world instances of this exploitation are even harder to identify. …
What we know about the human trafficking scheme that allegedly forced dozens of Mexican men to work on Wisconsin farms
The five people indicted in late May in a Georgia-based human-trafficking scheme that federal authorities say illegally brought dozens of Mexican workers to work on Wisconsin farms have pleaded not guilty. The …
Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason
Prison inmates are picking fruits and vegetables at a rate not seen since Jim Crow. Convict leasing for agriculture – a system that allows states to sell prison labor to …
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