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“A Diamond’s Origins Are Forever”—Tiffany & Co. Announce Diamond Provenance...
Tiffany & Company announced last week that it would become the world’s first jewelry company to share with its consumers information about the country of origin of each diamond they sell. This is...
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The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark: Some Successes but Ongoing...
On November 12, The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) released the results of its 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses over 100 of the...
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Pioneering Dutch Law Raises Global Standards for Eliminating Child Labor in...
The Dutch Senate recently adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Act, a new measure with far reaching implications for the sourcing, manufacturing, and consumption of products that contain inputs from...
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Trump Administration’s Proposed Prosecution of Pipeline Opponents: Weighing...
The Trump Administration is using the reauthorization of a pipeline safety statute as an opening to insert new provisions that would give U.S. authorities broader latitude to thwart and criminalize the...
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COVID-19 and Global Human Rights: Shifting Priorities for Governments, Civil...
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most significant global public health crises since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-20. The spread of the Coronavirus through every continent and major metropolis has...
View ArticleToward a Credible and Universal Concept of Rights: How Racial Injustice in...
The Murder of George Floyd on May 25th by a white Minneapolis police officer did not happen in a vacuum. It was not an aberration in an “otherwise functioning” justice system. Countless black men and...
View ArticleAs the United States Targets China’s Human Rights Abuses, Companies Should...
As the United States seeks to take more forceful action punishing China for its escalating human rights abuses against Muslim ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang autonomous region and the citizens of...
View ArticleAustralia’s Two Modern Slavery Acts
The Australian Government has launched an online register that publishes companies’ statements on their compliance with the country’s Federal Modern Slavery Act of 2018. The website, which is...
View ArticleEuropean Union Approves Global Magnitsky-Style Human Rights Sanctions Regime
In a landmark development, the European Union’s Foreign Ministers on December 8 approved an “Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy” that establishes a new mechanism for targeting systematic...
View ArticleCBP Releases Guidance for Compliance Requirements Under the Uyghur Forced...
Key Takeaways: Starting on June 21, 2022, all goods produced in whole or in part in the Xinjiang region or by entities on the UFLPA Entity List will be presumed to be made with forced labor and will be...
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