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Durban company hit with R25,000 fine after locking up workers and forcing them to make masks

A factory in Durban where employees were locked in and forced to make surgical masks has been slapped with a R25,000 fine.  The Chen Lu Fragrance Company appeared in the …

US Department of State, Treasury,Commerce and Homeland Security: Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory

The U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a business advisory to …

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Seafarers Trapped Serving Global Supply Chains amounts to Egregious Abuse of Human Rights: States Must Fulfill their Duty to Protect

“As the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions put in place to attempt containment drag on, around 200,000 merchant seafarers are trapped aboard ships in violation of international law. Each …

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TASHKENT’S REFORMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED US: UNFINISHED WORK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FORCED LABOR IN UZBEKISTAN’S 2019 COTTON HARVEST

“In just a few years, Uzbekistan has made significant, rapid progress toward the elimination of adult forced labor in the cotton harvest, following the elimination of child labor in 2014. …

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ILAW Statement: States Must Act Now to End Forced Labor at Sea

“The International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network, which unites over 400 workers’ rights lawyers from over 55 countries, writes to demand the immediate release and repatriation of the roughly 200,000 …

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Supreme Court orders government to use welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers stranded abroad

“The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to the government to use the foreign employment welfare fund to repatriate Nepali workers living abroad in highly vulnerable conditions. The order …

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Importing Freedom: Using the U.S. Tariff Act to Combat Forced Labor in Supply Chains

An increasingly interconnected world has led to sprawling supply chains across the globe. But what is the human cost of increasing consumer demands for fresh produce year-round, fast fashion, and …

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Manglona grants default judgment vs IPI

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona granted today, Friday, a default judgment against Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC in connection with a lawsuit filed by …

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Are We Managers or Corporals?

“On May 29, breaking news hit the front pages of the Italian major newspapers. According to these sources, the Milan Tribunal had placed Uber Eats Italy under special administration over alleged gangmastering offences. The …

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Slavery, servitude, and forced labour (ECtHR Fact Sheet)

Here is a fact sheet summarizing cases from the European Court of Human Rights on the prohibition of slavery and forced labour.  

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