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16 Dec 2019

Author:
卫报(英国),
Author:
卫报(英国),
Author:
衛報(英國)

苹果和谷歌在美国因刚果(金)儿童开采钴矿死亡被起诉

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《卫报》报道,在具有里程碑意义的诉讼中,刚果(金)受害儿童的家人起诉世界上最大的科技公司,理由是儿童在开采这些公司制造智能手机、笔记本电脑和电动车所使用的钴时严重受伤或死亡。

总部位于华盛顿的国际权利倡导组织(International Rights Advocates)代表14名来自刚果(金)的家长和儿童对苹果、谷歌、戴尔、微软和特斯拉这些科技巨头提起诉讼,指控它们协助和教唆雇佣儿童在其供应链钴矿工作,从而导致儿童死亡和严重受伤。

受伤儿童及其家人就强迫劳动提出赔偿,并要求公司对不当得利、疏于监管和故意致人精神损害进行进一步赔偿……

钴是被诉公司每年出售的数百万产品中可充锂电池的重要组成部分……刚果(金)的钴矿开采长期以来就涉及侵犯人权、腐败、破坏环境和使用童工……诉讼指出,五家公司协助和教唆矿业公司从童工劳动中获利,迫使儿童在危险的条件下工作,最终导致他们严重受伤或死亡……

嘉能可公司(Glencore)的发言人说:“嘉能可按照《世界人权宣言》的原则支持和尊重人权。嘉能可不容忍任何形式的童工劳动或强迫劳动。”华友(Huayou)、苹果、谷歌、戴尔、微软和特斯拉都被要求进行评论……

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