June 2026 survey of US corporate human rights practice describes unpublicised efforts by companies to cut back on their human rights staff, redirect what remains toward legal compliance, and sideline ...

In a landmark case, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) has filed a complaint against Saudi Arabia under Article 24 of the ILO constitution, amid widespread human rights violations against ...

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The UK Modern Slavery Act (Act) was enacted in 2015. A landmark piece of legislation, the transparency in supply chains provision (TISC) requires commercial organisations that operate in the UK and ...

On June 3, 2025, a Moscow court designated Malik Khatazhayev, head of Lesta Games, as a participant in an “extremist organization.” The ruling strips Lesta of all its assets, which the state will ...

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‘Chinese-Owned Mines Force African Workers into Unsafe Conditions, Often Don’t Pay’ 2 July 2022 African workers for Chinese-owned mines and factories across southern Africa told the Institute for ...

"Alabama profits off prisoners safe enough to work at McDonald’s, deems them too dangerous for parole" ... No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private ...

In April 2024, US sportswear companies Under Armour and Columbia were linked to reports of forced labour in a factory making their clothes, after systemic abuse and exploitation allegedly led to a ...

In September 2025, several media outlets reported that almost 500 migrant workers, mostly from South Korea, were detained by ICE officials at the construction site of an electric vehicle manufacturing ...

"National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2026-2030)" – Better protecting workers’ rights and interests. The government will improve labor standards and the mechanisms for labor relations ...