Tag: Business and Human Rights
Nestle accused of using Thailand’s slave-caught fish in cat food
Swiss food giant Nestle is being sued in the United States for allegedly knowingly allowing its Fancy Feast cat food to contain fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labour.
Friday, Aug 28, 2015
NEW YORK - Swiss food giant Nestle is being sued in the United States for allegedly...
‘It’s a noble struggle’: the human rights lawyers taking on big corporations
Lawyers willing to take on powerful companies are hard to find, so the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has put together a global directory
Elodie Aba
Legal Researcher, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Tuesday 22 September 2015 08.00 BST
I have spent the last year speaking to lawyers working at a...
Better regard for migrants needed: Experts
Migrant workers are "not commodities". and must be treated with humanity, say panelists on Channel NewsAsia's Perspectives.
By Samantha Yap
POSTED: 26 Sep 2015 04:28 UPDATED: 26 Sep 2015 04:29
SINGAPORE: With the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on the horizon, a focus on building a positive image of migrant worker contributions is...
UN calls on Cambodia to address land and labor disputes
Cambodia’s rapid economic growth over the past decade has also intensified problems such as forced evictions and land grabs. The UN’s envoy to the country has called on the government to urgently tackle the issues.
Cambodia’s rapid economic growth over the past decade has also intensified problems such as forced...
Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals and Business: A Shared Responsibility
The last months of the year seem set to be defined by growing uncertainty. Concerns over continued economic vulnerability have been compounded by the refugee crisis spreading across the Middle East and Europe. Our governments and legal frameworks are facing unprecedented challenges - our ability and willingness to show...
Plantation workers in Malaysia abused reports WSJ
Malaysia ranks unfavourably in US’ Trafficking of Persons Report, 2014.
FMT Reporters | July 27, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR: Unsuspecting migrant workers brought in by human traffickers are being used as labourers in certain palm oil plantations in Malaysia, producer of 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil supply, the Wall...
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Are Free Trade Agreements Like TPP Really A Tool For Fixing Labor Rights Abuses?
As President Barack Obama pushes to make the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact a capstone of his global trade legacy, he is promoting the deal at home as a way to counter China's commercial influence in the Asia-Pacific region while also holding trade partners to tighter human rights...
Mainstream practice of responsible business – ASEAN forum
Despite difficulties, businesses are looking into more ways to do better, say speakers at the ongoing ASEAN Responsible Business Forum
Lynda C. Corpuz
Published 3:51 PM, October 28, 2015
Updated 9:34 PM, October 28, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Many of the problems faced today by member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian...
Migrants processing Thai chicken exports ‘abused, exploited’
Violence, child labour, salary cuts among complaints by Cambodian, Myanmar migrants
6 Nov 2015 at 11:28
WRITER: THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION AND BANGKOK POST
LONDON - Migrants processing Thai chicken for its biggest export market, Europe, face widespread abuse by their employers, partly because foreign auditors have focused on food safety rather than...
Vietnam: No More “Empty Promises” at EU Rights Dialogue
The European Union should press for concrete and measurable improvements on human rights at its upcoming bilateral dialogue with Vietnam, Human Rights Watch said today.
December 13, 2015
Set Clear Benchmarks on Political Prisoners, Law Reform, Labor, and Religion
(Brussels) – The European Union should press for concrete and measurable improvements on...
