Tesco faces a landmark lawsuit in the UK from 130 former workers at VK Garment Factory in Thailand, who produced F&F clothes and report being trapped in effective forced labour, working 99-hour weeks for illegally low pay in appalling conditions. The claim, believed to be first of its kind, argues Tesco should have known the Mae Sot area was notorious for exploitation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/18/workers-in-thailand-who-made-ff-jeans-for-tesco-trapped-in-effective-forced-labour

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#CfP - Business and human rights Lausane conference

https://andreasrziegler.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/call-for-papers-lausanne-business-and-human-rights-conference-2023/ #bizhumanrights

The ICRC has redesigned our international humanitarian law databases, to make the rules protecting people in time of war easier to find and understand.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en

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