OECD Watch's latest State of Remedy report discusses outcomes of complaints concluded in 2022 under the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises and identifies where the updated Guidelines encourage better performance moving forward. OECD Watch urges the National Contact Points for the OECD Guidelines to adopt the recommendations in the...
In July 2022, Belgian police discovered 174 illegally employed workers at an Antwerp factory owned by Borealis, an Austrian multinational and chemical manufacturer. The workers, primarily from Bangladesh, Turkey, and the Philippines, were recruited by an Italian recruitment agency while working in Eastern Europe. They...
On 12 July, the European Commission published the proposal for revision of the Victims’ Rights Directive. La Strada International will study the proposal in depth and react in due course. However, we welcome the Commission’s plan for the revision. In particular, we strongly support the strengthening of victims’...
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $75 million to sexual abuse victims of Jeffrey Epstein to settle a lawsuit filed last year in Manhattan, according to the lawyers for the victims. The settlement, which requires approval by a federal judge, would resolve a proposed class-action suit...
ATLEU have launched this new toolkit to help those working with survivors to prepare and submit an initial application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). ...
This policy paper by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner finds low levels of compensation granted to trafficking survivors in the UK and calls for improved access to compensation and improved data collection and analysis of claims made and awarded. ...
On 7 October, the European Court of Human Rights issued a long-awaited verdict in the case of Zoletic and Others v. Azerbaijan – 20116/12, in favour of 33 citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were recruited in 2009 and taken to Azerbaijan where they were forced to work. The...
BSR, an US-based organization with a focus on sustainability, has recently published a report that illustrates the questions companies should ask themselves to assess whether they should provide remedy for an adverse human rights impact under the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs). The paper draws upon...
On 29 March, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sarah Thornton, published a paper to urge police practitioners to prioritize the financial investigation of modern slavery and human trafficking crimes. The economic profit represents the most important motive for criminals. Financial evidence can oftentimes compensate the difficulty...
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Serbia accepted the complaint of a victim of human trafficking assisted by ASTRA, a member of La Strada International, and ruled that her right to prohibition of human trafficking as well as the right to a trial within...