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This year’s analysis of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre’s Just Transition Litigation Tracking Tool brings into sharp relief the growing trend of just transition litigation. In 2025, the ...
Key apparel-producing countries around the world are set to be impacted by new tariffs imposed by the US, including a 54% tariff on Chinese exports, a 37% tariff on Bangladesh's exports, a 44% tariff ...
Timeline EU: Over 195 companies and investors urge EU not to weaken sustainability rules 1 Jul 2025 Article EU: Human Rights Watch criticises EU Council's position on Omnibus proposal 1 Jul 2025 ...
"UN Demands Answers from Thailand Over Human Trafficking Scams", 23 June 2025 …, a formal communication from the UN’s Special Rapporteurs on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and on Trafficking in Persons ...
"Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to Israeli settlements" Move follows campaign accusing Maersk of links to Israel’s military and occupation of Palestinian lands. Maersk will cut ...
"US buyers delay apparel orders over pending tariff call", 20 June 2025 Local apparel makers are seeing delays in the confirmation of work orders for the next summer season, as US retailers and brands ...
In May 2025, a joint investigation by The New York Times, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Der Spiegel found over 100 global brands have received Uyghur labour, or parts and good produced by ...
"5G Networks in Egypt: Between Human Rights Risks and Development Opportunities" 18 June 2025 Egypt is rapidly moving to introduce 5G telecommunications technology as part of its digital ...
"UN agency map reveals Cambodia as global scammer hub", 18 June 2025 … International intelligence and reports suggest that the profits from these illegal enterprises are, in part or in large measure, ...
" Trump trouble: 20 000 jobs threatened in Lesotho textile factories" 17 June 2025 Back in April 2025, US President Donald Trump introduced a 40% tariff (on top of an existing 10% for all African ...
"Bangladeshi workers pay the price when Australian fashion brands collapse", 17 June 2025 [...] The collapse of Mosaic Brands also impacts a network of approximately 23 Bangladeshi suppliers, who are ...