Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of rubber gloves, has been banned from exporting its products from Malaysia to the United States after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made a …
S. Korea ratifies key UN labor conventions
South Korea’s parliament on Friday ratified key International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions on workers’ rights and forced labor, which have long stalled due to objections from businesses and conservative politicians. …
PROSECUTION OF A FRAUDULENT LABOUR AGENCY IN TAICHUNG: AN INSIGHT ON THE EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN TAIWAN
On 28 January 2021, public prosecutors in Taichung indicted four individuals on charges of human trafficking, violations of the Employment Services Act and forgery of documents for their role in …
Issouf Coubaly v Nestle USA
Eight children who allege being used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Cote D’Ivoire filed a lawsuit against Nestle and several other major chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of …
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US
Eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast have launched legal action against the world’s biggest chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of aiding …
Legal opinion concludes that treatment of Uyghurs amounts to crimes against humanity and genocide
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), in partnership with the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), has obtained an authoritative legal opinion on the treatment of …
Ecuador’s plantation workers pin hopes on historic slavery ruling
Hopes raised among Ecuadorian plantation workers to receive compensation after judge ruled they had been victims of modern-day slavery in historic ruling Susana Quinonez was born and raised on an …
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