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20 Jun 2008

Author:
Intl. Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH)

Labour Rights in the Supply Chain and Corporate Social Responsibility [Bangladesh]

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) releases a report today from a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh. The mission took place in the framework of the FIDH / Carrefour cooperation on human rights in the supply chain. The objectives were to assess Carrefour’s efforts to deal with labour rights issues in Bangladesh, and to issue recommendations to the government of Bangladesh and multinational corporations sourcing from the country in order to improve respect for labour rights in the garment industry. [full report also refers to Wal-Mart, Migros, Tesco, Metro]