Herausgeber*in: Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte

Autor*in: Jan-Christian Niebank

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Due Diligence, Gesundheit, Gewerkschaften, Lieferkette, Löhne, Menschenrechte, Textilindustrie, Verbesserungsvorschläge, Zwangsarbeit

Kurzbeschreibung:

The garment industry is an important economic growth engine for the Asia-Pacific region. It is also an industry with a rather poor human rights track record. This study seeks to take stock of developments in the global garment industry. It does so by analysing structural market characteristics and pressing human rights issues as well as existing instruments and initiatives. Specific attention is paid to the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) and to development policies in the global North. Analytically, the investigation is guided by the framework of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). Important input for the study was obtained at a joint workshop held by the German Institute for Human Rights and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) in Bangkok in January 2017 at which NHRI representatives from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand shared their expertise on human rights issues in the garment industry and discussed the challenges their NHRIs are facing.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2018

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 78 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: SOMO

Autor*in: David Ollivier de Leth

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Due Diligence, Lieferkette, Lieferkettengesetz, Menschenrechte, Textilindustrie, Transparenz

Kurzbeschreibung:

This study analyses the limiting impact of using a company size threshold in future due diligence and corporate accountability regulation in the Netherlands and the EU. Based on an analysis of the Dutch textiles and garment sector as a whole and the companies participating in the Dutch Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles (AGT), this study finds that any company size threshold would very strongly limit the number of companies covered by future due diligence legislation. If a high company size threshold, as currently applied in the French Duty of Vigilance Law and the German Supply Chain Law, were to be used in future Dutch and EU due diligence regulation, this would mean only a very limited number of companies would have to comply with mandatory due diligence obligations. In contrast, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), just like large enterprises, face severe risks in their value chains and can be directly linked or contribute to human rights violations or environmental damage.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 30 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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Herausgeber*in: Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)

Autor*in: Neva Nahtigal and Muriel Treibich

Schlagwörter: Arbeitsbedingungen, Bekleidungsindustrie, Due Diligence, Menschenrechte, Multi Stakeholder Initiativen, Textilindustrie, Transparenz

Kurzbeschreibung:

This publication on mandatory human rights due diligence calls for concrete and comprehensive binding regulations which ensure responsible business conduct. It puts the spotlight on brands’ unfair purchasing practices at the root of human rights violations, their reliance on the flawed social auditing system, the lack of occupational safety, gender inequality, poverty wages, persistent attacks freedom of association, the acute lack of value chain transparency and lack of effective remedy in cases of human rights violations which take place on a mass scale.

Erscheinungsjahr: 2021

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: 46 Seiten

Zielgruppe: Studierende, Dozierende

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