Over 7 billion smartphones have been produced since 2007. These smartphones have changed the world in many positive ways, but the manufacturing of the phones has a devastating impact on our planet. Greenpeace states in…
The Human Rights and Business Event on March 28th addressed the growing trend toward enhancing corporate responsibility through mandatory human rights due diligence, in light of the recent adoption of the French corporate duty of…
On Friday March 31, SMART – Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade – will organize a workshop on identifying the environmental and social hotspots, or risks, in the product life cycle of mobile phones. Description…
During the general shareholders meeting on Friday, Samsung Electronics CEO Kwon Oh-hyun stated the company wants to hold off on restructuring the company into a holding company. Investors have been calling for such reform as…
The screening of the documentary ‘Complicit’ at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva, on March 17, was a big success with a huge and committed audience. The screening was followed…
On 17/3/2017, a Human Rights Defenders’ delegation, representing 55 groups, went to Malaysian Human Rights Commission(SUHAKAM) to bring to the attention the issue of Freedom of Association, Union Busting and the Victimization/Discriminization Against Worker Leaders….
Multiple mass demonstrations, led by IndustriALL affiliates and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), were a key factor in the parliament’s decision to impeach President Park, which was upheld by judges on 10 March. In…
The Center for Global Workers’ Rights is organizing a Spring Symposium on worker health and precarious work on March 23-24. The symposium will examine the conditions of vulnerable workers in global supply chains, most especially…
On Friday, South Korean President Park Guen-hye was removed from office after the country’s Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment. Park allegedly violated the constitution and broke the law by helping her confidante, Choi Soon-sil, take…