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Ministers for the European Union's member states on Friday gave their final approval to a much fought-over law requiring companies to protect human rights in their supply chains. The Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence - also known as the European Supply Chain Act - is intended to hold large companies accountable if they profit from child or forced labour outside the EU. EU, non-EU and parent companies with turnover of more than €450 million ($487 million) and at least 1,000 employees are subject to the regulation and will be liable for damages as well fines for non-compliance....
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EU member states have given their final approval to a much fought-over law requiring companies to protect human rights in their supply chains.
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Ministers for the European Union's member states on Friday gave their final approval to a much fought-over law requiring companies to protect human rights in their supply chains. The Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence - also known as the European Supply Chain Act - is intended to hold large companies accountable if they profit from child or forced labour outside the EU. No member states voted against the law, but 10 abstained, including Germany. Getting the law over the line took considerable diplomatic effort. It was particularly controversial within Germany's coalition gover...
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A US Congressional report has revealed major gaps in US automakers' oversight of forced labour in their supply chains, including two companies that shipped cars or parts to the United States this year that were made with parts from a banned Chinese supplier. BMW imported cars, Jaguar Land Rover imported parts, and Volkswagen AG manufactured cars that included components made by Chinese firm Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group, which is banned for using Uyghur forced labour, the report said. "Automakers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they can't find any forced labor in th...
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A US Congressional report has revealed major gaps in US automakers' oversight of forced labour in their supply chains, including two companies that shipped cars or parts to the United States this year that were made with parts from a banned Chinese supplier. BMW imported cars, Jaguar Land Rover imported parts, and Volkswagen AG manufactured cars that included components made by Chinese firm Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group, which is banned for using Uyghur forced labour, the report said. "Automakers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they can't find any forced labor in th...
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A US Congressional report has revealed major gaps in US automakers' oversight of forced labour in their supply chains, including two companies that shipped cars or parts to the United States this year that were made with parts from a banned Chinese supplier. BMW imported cars, Jaguar Land Rover imported parts, and Volkswagen AG manufactured cars that included components made by Chinese firm Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group, which is banned for using Uyghur forced labour, the report said. "Automakers are sticking their heads in the sand and then swearing they can't find any forced labor in th...
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Washington (AFP) - Amal Clooney helped the International Criminal Court weigh evidence that led to the decision to seek arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders, the human rights lawyer said Monday. The high-profile British-Lebanese barrister posted a statement on the website of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which she founded with her husband, American actor George Clooney. Both she and the foundation had previously been criticized on social media for not speaking out over the civilian death toll in Gaza. Clooney said she was asked by prosecutor Karim Khan to join an expert pan...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Artificial intelligence built on mountains of potentially biased information has created a real risk of automating discrimination, but is there any way to re-educate the machines? The question for some is extremely urgent. In this ChatGPT era, AI will generate more and more decisions for health care providers, bank lenders or lawyers, using whatever was scoured from the internet as source material. AI's underlying intelligence, therefore, is only as good as the world it came from, as likely to be filled with wit, wisdom, and usefulness, as well as hatred, prejudice and r...
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Germany's Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (FADA) is warning against prohibiting inclusive and gender-neutral language, following a recently imposed ban in the conservative southern state of Bavaria. "Banning people from using inclusive language is a step backwards into the last century. The state should promote respect and tolerance, not prohibit it," said Ferda Ataman, Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination, in a statement. Several German states, including Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein, have imposed or announced bans on the use of gender-inclusive langu...
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Germany's Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (FADA) is warning against prohibiting inclusive and gender-neutral language, following a recently imposed ban in the conservative southern state of Bavaria. "Banning people from using inclusive language is a step backwards into the last century. The state should promote respect and tolerance, not prohibit it," said Ferda Ataman, Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination, in a statement. Several German states, including Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein, have imposed or announced bans on the use of gender-inclusive langu...
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