New Commission Raises Questions Among Civil Society
30 Sep 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently presented her new list of proposed Commissioners. This...
Author: Koen Hogewoning
ILO Conventions C190 and C189 on the Rise
30 Sep 2024
The Government of Spain, which previously ratified the Domestic Workers Convention of 2011 (No. 189), has...
OSCE and CoE Meeting on Trafficking Responses
26 Sep 2024
Recently the annual Anti-Trafficking meeting of the Council of Europe and OSCE took place. Those responsible...
UN Special Rapporteur Critisises Situation in Georgia
24 Sep 2024
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, heavily criticised the situation...
Challenges of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland and Romania
16 Sep 2024
A recently published report by the UN Taskforce on Ukraine evaluates the vulnerability to human trafficking...
Deathly Working Conditions on Italian Farms
4 Sep 2024
Tens of thousands of migrant workers work on Italian farms each summer. They pick vegetables, flowers,...
First Sentence for Knowing Use in Netherlands
28 Aug 2024
In the Netherlands a 50-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. He was found to be...
Awareness Campaign for Undocumented People
23 Aug 2024
FairWork announced to soon launch their new awareness campaign against exploitation. The goal of the campaign...
OECD Guidance on Due Dilgence for Companies
9 Aug 2024
In light of the adoption of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Dilligence Directive (CSDDD), the OECD...
Labour Exploitation in the Western Balkans
8 Aug 2024
The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) has recently published a new report. It highlights...