Palm oil production often relies on forced labour and other modern forms of slavery. Even those plantation and mill workers not subject to forced labour face harsh working conditions and challenges to basic human and labour rights. The Free and Fair Labour Principles (“Principles”) and corresponding Implementation Guidance (“Guidance”) is intended to support and advance the ongoing dialogue on responsible palm oil by providing a common point of reference on what constitutes free and fair labour in palm oil production.
Sex workers globally organize, unionize and develop initiatives to protect themselves from violence, exploitation, and human rights violations. They share strategies of how to work independently, where to work and how to keep themselves safe. Many s...Read More
This document sets out the current underlying framework of law and governance that impose greater accountability and liability on businesses participating in the palm oil industry, those indirectly benefiting and profiting and those providing suppor...Read More
The e-Handbook: Legislating against Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking & Forced Labour is a comprehensive guide for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials on legislating effectively against modern slavery related crimes. One in 200 p...Read More
This note focuses on one dimension of how technology-enabled worker voice tools can be used: to gather qualitative data about the nature of relationships between managers and workers or communities at factories, farms, mines, and plantations. This i...Read More
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