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The EU is a unique organization in that it has the authority to make laws that are binding on its member states. It also has its own currency, the euro, which is used by 19 of its member states. The EU has a single market, which allows for the free movement of goods, services, capital, and people among its member states.
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Supermarkets have raised concerns around the U.K.’s seasonal worker visa system which is leaving migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation, and supermarkets at risk of falling foul of their human rights obligations. Unheeded warnings Criticisms have been levelled against the scheme since its hasty inception with warning from labor rights groups being ignored by the government…
The position of the Council of the European Union on a draft E.U. corporate accountability law has dealt a devastating blow: Member States have watered down human rights protections, majorly limited the law’s scope and failed to set enforceable climate commitments for companies. The Council guts the law The Council has agreed on its preliminary…
The first large-scale regional simulation exercise to be organised by the Council of Europe in the framework of its joint programmes with the European Union and in partnership with the Government of Malta is taking place from 23-29 October in Valletta, Malta. It represents a unique approach to improve the coordination, detection and referral of…
As the European Union develops new rules to hold companies accountable for social and environmental harms, such as deforestation and child and forced labor, the spotlight is on the chocolate industry. Cocoa production is notorious for causing adverse impacts on farming communities and the land. Companies and governments claim to be working to make cocoa more…
By Sertan Sanderson Published on : 2022/11/25 The Republic of Cyprus is battling with a migrant influx which is overwhelming the small EU country’s resources. Now, a dubious higher education scheme in the north of the island has been found to be among the factors responsible for the trend. Human traffickers meanwhile are lining their…
In the backstreets of Albania’s capital, Tirana, there is a little less light and less hope. The alleyways we navigate are home to some of the poorest people. Here Inglita Vera lives with her children and extended family. The house consists of two small rooms where they cook, eat and sleep. She points to an…
PRESS RELEASE: 18 November 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ECPAT joins Civil Society and Child Rights Organisations in an Open Letter to the European Union — “We must make the Internet a Safe Place for Children” BANGKOK—Every single day, children’s rights to protection from sexual abuse and exploitation online are violated. An overwhelming 85 million images…
70+ organisations mark the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Civil Society and Child Rights Organisations Call to Action: We must make the Internet a Safe Place for Children November 18, 2022 – European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Every child…
10 November 2022 In the latest blog, Sian Lea and Rocio Domingo Ramos from the Business and Human Rights team discuss the proposed EU regulation to ban forced labour products and introduce our model law. Image credit: Alexandre Lallemand, via Unsplash. On 14 September 2022, the European Commission published a proposal for a law…
On October 30th the first phase of an “€80 million border management programme” was signed between the EU and Egypt during a visit to Cairo by the EU’s commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. The funding will assist Egypt’s border and coastguards, the Reuters news agency has reported, while providing for “the procurement of…
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