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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 54, September 2025: Why courts must hold companies accountable for migrant worker exploitation
This Quarterly Update explores the latest developments in corporate legal accountability, with a focus on the exploitation of migrant workers and the barriers they face in accessing justice.
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update Weekly Update 17 September | Unjust transition? Migrant workers abused at world's largest renewable energy park
Kenya: Tech workers challenge bill they allege prioritises foreign investment over worker rights | Cuba: 60,000 inmates allegedly subjected to forced labour making cigars and charcoal for export to European markets | China: Sports brands, tournaments and sponsors alleged to have link with forced labour from Xinjiang | UK: Women’s groups warn proposed changes to the Employment Rights Bill threaten gender equality and pay gap progress | Oman: 11 Indian migrant workers stranded after employer withholds wages and seizes passports | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 10 September | Toxic legacy: Pluspetrol violated Indigenous rights, finds OECD contact point
Zambia: Toxic waste from Kabwe mine sold despite severe health risks to local communities | USA: Almost 500 migrant workers, mostly from South Korea, detained by ICE at Hyundai & LG Energy Solution EV plant | Myanmar: Global unions reiterate call for brands to immediately begin responsible exit of country amid ongoing military takeover | Europe: Research reveals surge in cargo flights from Xinjiang exposes supply chains to Uyghur forced labour risks | Israel/OPT: Global companies face significant financial losses and reputational damage from boycotts amid unfolding genocide in Gaza
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update Weekly Update 3 September | $2tr decision: Norway fund divests from Caterpillar over OPT demolitions
Liberia: Action plan for World Bank-backed rubber plantation reportedly fails to address community grievances | Peru: Activities by logging company Maderera Canales Tahuamanu allegedly harming uncontacted indigenous tribe | Indonesia: Batang Toru hydropower project allegedly linked to intimidation of conservationists, death of activist, and impacts on local livelihoods | Russia: Report finds majority of international companies continue to operate in country | Gulf: Rights groups call for strong human rights conditions in UK-GCC trade deal to protect migrant workers | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 27 August | Win for workers: South Korea passes landmark labour law
Uganda: High court cancels Lake Katwe surface rights over community consultation failures | Mexico: Stadium expansion for the 2026 World Cup allegedly threatens community's water supply | Myanmar: Norwegian telecom Telenor reportedly shared sensitive customer data with military junta amid staff threats and pro-democracy crackdown | UK: NGO reports "stark" gender inequalities for migrant farmworkers on Seasonal Worker Scheme, including sexual harassment and financial insecurity | Egypt: Private investors to take over hospital management sparking fears over accountability and patient rights | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 20 August | South Africa: High court blocks offshore oil drilling in landmark ruling
Zambia: Court rejects SLAPP suit, lifting gag on documentary exposing Chinese companies’ environmental and labour practices | USA: California jury finds Meta breached period-tracking app users’ privacy | Australia: UN report flags exploitation of temporary migrant workers in high-risk sectors | Russia: Leroy Merlin remains largest foreign consumer goods co. after reportedly maintaining presence in country despite exit announcement | Egypt: Textile workers strike for health insurance and full rights; union alleges threats from national security forces to return to work
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update Weekly Update 13 August | Arms embargo: Germany halts exports to Israel for use in Gaza
DRC: Majority of artisanal cobalt miners fuelling tech and EV supply chains trapped in forced labour and trafficking | Brazil: President Lula signs in "devastation bill", but vetoes provisions that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits | Indonesia: Workers, NGOs accuse Taiwanese nickel firm Walsin Lihwa of unsafe conditions, pollution and deforestation | UK: BHP and Vale propose USD1.4bn settlement in class action over Mariana dam disaster in Brazil | Kuwait: More than 200 migrant workers deported after filing complaint against employer | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 6 August | Arrested for organising: Union leader and five activists detained in Myanmar
South Africa: Advocacy group finds majority of eligible mine workers remain unpaid, seven years after landmark silicosis settlement | Canada: Indigenous leaders urge Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Mitsubishi to halt LNG funding over rights violations | Pakistan: Sanitation workers allegedly face caste-based discrimination, unsafe working conditions and denial of labour rights | Denmark: Inspection co. Baltic Control allegedly certified Russian grain exports from occupied Ukraine | Azerbaijan: Oil cos. SOCAR and ASCO allegedly facilitate Russian oil trade despite sanctions
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update Weekly Update 30 July | Polluters pay: Ship operators face USD1bn fine for world's worst plastic spill
Google shuts down spyware app one month after security breach exposed | Central African Republic: Nigerian workers employed by Rado Central Coal Mining allegedly “abandoned” and unpaid for six months | Brazil: Report links US meat supply chain to incidents of forced labour related to JBS, Minerva and Marfrig | Indonesia: UN urges action over alleged Indigenous rights abuses and deforestation at agricultural development initiative | Spain/UK: Supermarkets accused of failing UN human rights commitments over treatment of migrant farmworkers in Spanish supply chain| Israel/OPT: GoFundMe accused of blocking millions in aid to Palestinians amid unfolding genocide & famine in Gaza | and much more...
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