Gender violence study in Brazilian garment factories provides a ‘wake-up call to action’

The vast majority of Brazilian textile and shoe factory workers who took part in a recent study say they have experienced some form of violence at work, often gender-based violence …

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Negociación colectiva: Sindicato de EsSalud denuncia ante la OIT al Gobierno por decreto de urgencia

El 2018 fue el último año en que los trabajadores, incluido doctores y enfermeras, de EsSalud lograron un convenio de aumento salarial. Esperaban que lo mismo sucediera para el 2019, sin embargo, ahora …

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CIDH: Informe Empresas y Derechos Humanos: Estándares Interamericanos

El análisis que se realiza en el presente informe parte de la base de las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados en materia de derechos humanos en supuestos en los que …

YOUTUBE MODERATORS ARE BEING FORCED TO SIGN A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE JOB CAN GIVE THEM PTSD

Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to interviews with employees and documents obtained …

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Víctimas de crímenes ambientales en Brasil buscan reparación y justicia en tribunales europeos

Ante la incapacidad del Estado brasileño de brindar respuestas efectivas a las víctimas de crímenes ambientales, se han presentado algunas acciones judiciales en países europeos, en donde empresas responsables por …

Brazil files homicide charges against Vale ex-CEO, 15 others in deadly 2019 dam collapse

Prosecutors on Tuesday filed homicide charges against Fabio Schvartsman, the former CEO of the Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale, and 15 other people in the deadly dam collapse last year that killed at …

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Victims of environmental crimes in Brazil seek redress and justice in European courts (English) (Spanish) (Portuguese)

How can transnational litigation help to overcome corporate impunity? The Brazilian State’s inability to respond effectively to victims of environmental crimes has led to several legal actions in European countries, …

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Clean Slate for Worker Power: Building a Just Economy and Democracy

A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …

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Rising temperatures put more US workers at risk of dying from heat

Though the climate crisis is creating conditions where workers are facing hotter temperatures on a more frequent basis, there are no federal safety protections for workers in extreme temperatures, and only …

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Violencia y discriminación contra mujeres, niñas y adolescentes: Buenas prácticas y desafíos en América Latina y en el Caribe

La CIDH ha considerado pertinente la elaboración de un informe que identifique y analice los avances más significativos, los principales desafíos pendientes y las buenas prácticas existentes en el cumplimiento …

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