Activists and academics alike hailed the conclusion of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety which offered hope that lessons had been learned from the carnage of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh. …
First Regional Conference on Sexual Harassment and the Law in Africa [Call for Papers]
ASEHI First Regional Conference Nairobi, Kenya Abstracts should preferably focus focus on the the development of sexual harassment laws in their specific countries and/or regions and should accentuate the gaps, …
The Mighty Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft in “the dock” – A Look At the Child Labour Lawsuit
Apple, Google (through its parent company Alphabet, Inc), Dell, Microsoft and Tesla have been named as defendants in what could be a landmark case pertaining to the use of child …
Firestone tires built Liberia’s economy. Now, painful layoffs are sowing fear for the future
As the price of rubber slips on the global market, Firestone — a company founded in Ohio with nine decades in this West African country — is shedding large swaths …
Chocolate companies ask for a taste of government regulation
Some of the world’s largest chocolate companies are acknowledging widespread child labor on cocoa farms and calling for regulations to discourage the practice, particularly in West Africa, the source of …
Travail des enfants en RDC: plainte aux États-Unis contre les géants de la tech
Tesla, Apple, Google, Dell et Microsoft sont accusés de complicité de travail forcé d’enfants dans les mines de cobalt en RDC. Certains de ces enfants ont été tués et mutilés pour produire …
Doe v Apple Inc., et al
On December 16, 2019. a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington DC against Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla by Congolese families who say their children were killed …
Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s largest tech companies by Congolese families who say their children were killed or maimed while mining for cobalt used to …
Kenya Gov’t sued over Nepalese women trafficked for sex
The Kenyan government has been sued for allegedly failing to protect five Nepalese women who were trafficked into the country for sexual exploitation. According to Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART), …
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