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The @europeancommission just announced it will work on a proposal for an EU ban on products made with #forcedlabour. This is a historic announcement - how did we get here? A thread 👇(1/9)
Over a decade ago, the @EUparliament called for such a ban. It never went anywhere. As the #BizHumanRights discipline continued to develop, the focus was on creating obligations for companies to conduct due diligence to guarantee #humanrights and environmental protection (2/9).
Last year, when the EP negotiated the due diligence law in INTA, I tabled an amendment calling for an import ban on products linked to severe human rights violations like forced labour.This would be complementary to the law, to block such products coming to the single market(3/9)
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为了对欧盟施压,央视和共青团带头呼吁 #抵制HM#我支持新疆棉花 这个话题上了微博热搜,淘宝也下架了HM商品。

本条 thread 整理一下那些关于新疆强迫劳动的报道和互联网内容(不限于棉花),欢迎指正和补充。

#Xinjiang #ForcedLabour
首先是来自体制内的证据,由南开大学学者在2019年年底撰写的这份《新疆和田地区维族劳动力转移就业扶贫工作报告》
web.archive.org/web/2020052115…

“已经全部甚至大大超量收进了教育培训中心”

“通过劳务输出的方式,既减少了维族在新疆地区的人口密度,也是感化、融化、同化少数维族人员的重要方法”
澳大利亚战略政策研究所(ASPI) 在2020年3月公布了一份关于强迫劳动的报告,通过企业在互联网上发布的生产链信息和官方对“转移就业”政策的报道,第一次将维吾尔劳动力和82个全球知名品牌直接联系到了一起。

在 ASPI 的网站上可以阅读和下载报告全文
aspi.org.au/report/uyghurs…
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#Uyghurs The implications of this new evidence, impacting 20% of the world’s cotton: Companies must consider all cotton produced in Xinjiang *may* be tainted with forced labor.

This has immediate implications for supply chains across the fashion industry.

#bizhumanrights
The this new evidence on forced labour in #Xinjiang to produce cotton should impact govts considering implemention of new human rights due diligence laws, to ensure companies can no longer turn a blind eye to abuses in their supply chains. #modernslavery bbc.co.uk/news/extra/nz0…
Today I am giving evidence to @CommonsForeign on accountability in international law for atrocities in Xinjiang against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.

This new evidence on #forcedlabour shows again why govts must take concrete steps to ensure corporate accountability too.
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@FinComSlavery @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @andytuit #SriAgenda just started 💥

welcome speech by H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser: feel free to pose your Q also thru Twitter using the hashtag #FinanceAgainstSlavery, he says

#SustainableFinance #ModernSlavery #BizHumanRights #BizHR #sri #esg #responsibleinvestment
@FinComSlavery @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @andytuit now H.E. Ms. Katrin Eggenberger is making her speech: the financial sector is key to tackle #modernslavery, last Sep we presented the blueprint of our initiative

#SustainableFinance #BizHumanRights #BizHR #sri #esg #responsibleinvestment #FinanceAgainstSlavery
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On a #MadeInChina Christmas Card, 6-year-old Florence from #UK finds a #SOS secret note:

—“We are Foreign #Prisoners in #Shanghai Qingpu Prison in #China. Forced to work against our will. PLEASE #HELP US & NOTIFY HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS."

#China_is_terrorist ImageImageImage
According to Sunday Times, Florence opened a £1.50 box of #Tesco Christmas cards to find that one of them - featuring a kitten with a #Santa hat - had already been written.. the #SOS Secret Note..

thetimes.co.uk/article/tesco-…

#CrimesAgainstHumanity #ForcedLabor #China #Christmas ImageImageImage
「我們是 #中國 上海青浦監獄的外籍囚犯,被迫違反意願工作。請幫助我們,通知人權機構」

英國一名6歲女孩在一盒購自 #Tesco 的聖誕卡中發現這個隱藏訊息,訊息要求聯繫一名叫Humphrey的人。女孩爸爸發現,Humphrey是 #英國 記者,曾經在中國入獄2年。

#China_is_terrorist
bbc.com/news/uk-508831…
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