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IT’S TIME TO STOP LOOKING TO BRANDS TO SAVE US

When “sustainable style” blogger Leah Wise first heard about the mass layoffs and rumors of union-busting happening at Everlane, she cried. An early adopter of the brand, Wise had been buying …

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ILO: Resolution concerning maritime labour issues and the COVID-19 pandemic

ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis: “The Governing Body of the International Labour Organization has taken the exceptional action of adopting a Resolution to address …

Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020

The purpose of the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020 is to ban the importation of goods from Xinjiang in the People’s Republic of China …

EU adopts a global human rights sanctions regime

The Council today adopted a decision and a regulation establishing a global human rights sanctions regime. For the first time, the EU is equipping itself with a framework that will …

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Guest Blog: South African Domestic Workers – no longer invisible: The Constitutional Court “is listening “in Mahlangu v Minister of Labour and Others

South African Domestic Workers – no longer invisible: The Constitutional Court “is listening “in Mahlangu v Minister of Labour and Others By Ziona Tanzer In November 2020, the South African …

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Made for this Moment: How ILO Convention 190 Addresses Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

“INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) CONVENTION 190 (“ILO Convention 190”) is the first global, binding treaty that recognizes the fundamental right to a world of work free from violence and harassment. …

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Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: The Economic Folly of Human Trafficking for American Business

“1861 Revisited In 1861, the United States went to war over the question of whether economic benefits for the Southern elite could justify enslaving Africans. Slavery’s proponents focused on the …

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Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: A Canadian Perspective – Takeaways from Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya.

“Canadians working to promote human rights accountability for multinational businesses have long looked to Alien Tort Statute (ATS) litigation in the United States with a mixture of admiration and envy. …

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Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Rethinking the Alien Tort Statute

“This Term’s consolidated cases Nestlé USA v. Doe and Cargill v. Doe show how the Supreme Court has gone wrong in applying the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and offer a chance for correction. …

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Despite landmark legal protections, women continue to face gender-based violence in pandemic-era Tunisia

“In Tunisia, during the two and a half months of lockdown introduced on 21 March to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the ‘1899 Green Line’ managed by the Ministry …

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