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This report was published in 2016 as a guide for business on reporting under the Modern Slavery Act of 2015. Slavery and forced labor is an extensive problem in the United Kingdom. In 2015, NGOs campaigned for the Act to require businesses to report on what they are doing to address slavery as a...
Published: Jul 11 2017 - 2:56pm
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This shadow report on the Cyprus Government’s combined 6th and 7th periodic report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) addresses the discrimination against migrant women. The report also endeavours to underline the extremely vulnerable position of migrant...
Published: Jul 10 2017 - 3:45pm
Based on jointly designed surveys and in-depth interviews, this report, Challenging the Business of Fear: Ending Workplace Retaliation, Enforcing Workers’ Rights, document the breakdown in accountability manifest in widespread incidences of retaliation and lay the groundwork for campaigns to...
Published: May 24 2017 - 2:09pm
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من هنا، عملت شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية على انجاز تقرير حول العمل غير المهيكل في إطارّ »راصد الحقوق االقتصادية واالجتماعي ّ ة في البلدان العربية«. وهي تقارب العمل غير المهيكل من وجهة نظر حقوق اإلنسان والعدالةً االجتماعية. ويتناول التقرير ثالثة أبعاد مختلفة: أوال، رصد أوضاع هذهّ...
Published: May 17 2017 - 12:21pm
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In this report of the Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights, ANND focuses on informal labor. It approaches informal labor from a human rights and social justice perspective, recognizing that those working within the informal sector are unprotected by laws and unable to benefit from social...
Published: May 17 2017 - 12:10pm
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I. Introducción1. El derecho de toda persona al goce de condiciones de trabajo equitativas y satisfactorias está reconocido en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales y en otros tratados internacionales y regionales de derechos humanos[1], así como en diversos...
Published: Mar 6 2017 - 5:50pm
نشرت شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية دراسة جديدة عن سياسات التشغيل في لبنان. فمنذ الاستقلال وإلى الآن، لم يعرف لبنان سياسة للتشغيل، لا على نحو مستقل، ولا كجزء من سياسة أو خطة اقتصادية واجتماعية عامة. وفي هذا السياق، جاءت السياسات والإجراءات، التي اندرجت بعد اتفاق الطائف تحت مسمى "مشروع...
Published: Feb 23 2017 - 8:24am
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A publication in Arabic by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) tackling the issue of employment policies in Lebanon. Since independence and until now, Lebanon has not seen an employment policy. In this context, all policies following the Taif Agreement as part of the economic advancement...
Published: Feb 23 2017 - 8:19am
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This Joint Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) by Defend Job Phillippines and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is on the realization of the right to work and the enjoyment of all human rights by women, with an emphasis on the...
Published: Jan 31 2017 - 9:58am
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This website is a holistic resource providing information and updates on the exploitation of tea planation workers in Assam, India working for Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), which is the second largest tea producer in Assam and is owned by Tata Global Beverages and the World Bank....
Published: Dec 5 2016 - 10:11am
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