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New Human Rights Case Alleging Deception of Consumers Filed Against Food Companies (This Time on the East Coast) (Mar. 6, 2018)
Details a new class action suit (Tomasella v. Hershey Co.) filed in Mass. federal court and alleging human rights violations in association with cocoa processing supply chains. The legal theory …
حقوق العمال الأساسية ، ومنهاج العمل وحماية حقوق الإنسان للعمال غير العاديين
أثار انتشار أشكال العمالة غير القياسية في البلدان الصناعية والنامية على مدى العقود الماضية نقاشاً واسع النطاق حول كيفية إعادة تشكيل تنظيم العمل لاستيعاب هذه ...
Cases handled by the National Contact Points for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2001-2017 summary
This two-page flyer notes that the majority of cases submitted to National Contact Points (NCP) have dealt with employment and worker issues (55%). The majority of those cases arise from …
Informal Is the New Normal — Improving the Lives of Workers at Risk of Being Left Behind
The paper first considers the nature and size of the informal economy (targeting self-employed workers, wage workers, etc.) and suggests policies to increase benefits and lower costs. https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/11993.pdf
Improving Paths to Accountability for Human Rights Abuses in the Global Supply Chains – A Legal Guide
Looking beyond the ‘arm’s length transaction’ between certain contractual parties in a special relationship, the purpose of this guidance is to identify paths to accountability for human rights abuses in …
Improving Paths to Business Accountability for Human Rights Abuses in the Global Supply Chains: A Legal Guide (Dec. 2010)
This guide sets forth a basic primer for pursuing corporate supply chain accountability from a litigation standpoint (in the common law British judicial system). The piece first sets forth the …
Door Still Open? Canada As Safe Harbour For Multinational Human Rights Litigation (Nov. 13, 2017)
The article describes the “growing wave of significant lawsuits in Canada against corporations for alleged international labour and human rights violations in their overseas operations or supply chains” and notes …
International Arbitration of Business and Human Rights Disputes: Questions and Answers
The authors here present FAQs regarding the role of arbitration in international corporate human rights abuses, particularly as “civil and criminal courts in many parts of the world are often …
The Future of Business and Human Rights: More Regulation
The article explores “recent and proposed legislation that is intended to plug some of the gaps between international ‘soft law’ requirements and perceived market shortcomings.” The article tracks current and …
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