“In October 2020, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation launched a new project on business and human rights entitled ‘Enhancing Responsible Business Conduct’. The project aims to foster responsible business conduct of …
Agility Over Stability: China’s Great Reversal in Regulating the Platform Economy
This paper develops a new theoretical framework to analyze Chinese regulatory governance by considering the strategic interaction between four key players involved in the regulatory process: the top leadership, the …
Top fashion brands face legal challenge over garment workers’ rights in Asia
Legal complaints are being filed against some of the world’s largest fashion brands in major garment-producing countries across Asia in a groundbreaking attempt to hold the global fashion industry legally …
Esquel sues US Government over Xinjiang sourcing claims
The Hong-Kong based textile and apparel manufacturer says the listing falsely implicated Changji Esquel in using forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region, a conclusion that “contradicts the facts, including audits …
‘Tire them out’: Challenges of litigating compensation claims under Bangladesh Labour Act 2006
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) in collaboration with The Daily Star arranged a virtual webinar to launch the report “Tire Them Out: Challenges of litigating compensation claims under …
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Taiwan’s foreign factory workers face rights violations amid latest Covid outbreak
“Taiwan may be at the tail-end of its worst Covid outbreak since the pandemic began, but migrant workers are still facing draconian lockdown measures that rights advocates describe as “discriminatory”. …