Date:

19 Nov 2024

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Article

The Council has adopted a regulation prohibiting products in the Union market that are made using forced labour. The text forbids the placing and making available on the Union market, or the export from the Union market, of any product made using forced labour.

Date:

23 Apr 2024

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Article

The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new regulation enabling the EU to prohibit the sale, import, and export of goods made using forced labour (EP press release).

Date:

23 Apr 2024

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Article

Lawmakers in the EU today voted in favour of a far-reaching law to ban products made with forced labour from the single market – a move welcomed by workers around the world (press release by Anti-Slavery International).

Date:

15 Mar 2024

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Article

The preliminary endorsement by member states of the Forced Labour Regulation ramps up pressure on wavering countries to also endorse CSDDD on Friday, reducing the political room to justify continued resistance to the law.

Date:

11 Mar 2024

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The undersigned Civil Society Organisations and Trade Unions call on the governments of EU Member States to support the agreed text, ensuring the legislation enters into force without delay.

Date:

5 Mar 2024

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Article

The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting in the EU market products made with forced labour.

Date:

26 Feb 2024

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Article

Including remediation and other appropriate measures in the EU Forced Labour Regulation would enhance the legislation’s effectiveness in eradicating forced labour from supply chains, the statement says.

Date:

5 Feb 2024

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Article

A letter, on behalf 33 civil society organisations and trade unions, to outline key issues that should be considered during the upcoming trilogues in order to make the proposed EU Forced Labour Regulation (FLR) a success.

Date:

3 Feb 2024

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Article

Date:

26 Jan 2024

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Article

On 26 January, the Council has adopted its position (negotiating mandate) on the regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market.

Date:

19 Jan 2024

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Article

The statement provides in-depth analysis and calls on the co-legislators to take a human rights-based approach to the challenge of forced labour.

Date:

27 Nov 2023

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Article

This letter outlines four core elements that must be included: an evidentiary regime adapted to forced labour, provisions on state-imposed forced labour, one-stop shop EU-wide complaints mechanism, remediation.

Date:

2 Nov 2023

Content Type:

Report

This paper analyses the plans of the European Union for a forced labour ban that would prohibit the placing of products made with forced labour on the common market as well as the export of such products. It addresses concerns and provides recommendations for effective legislation following a human rights-based approach.

Date:

20 Oct 2023

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Article

This week, the Internal Market and International Trade committees adopted their position on keeping products made using forced labour out of the EU market, IMCO, INTA.

Date:

17 Oct 2023

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Article

The two lead Parliamentary committees have addressed several shortcomings to the Commission’s proposal originally published in September 2022.

Date:

7 Sep 2023

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Article

As the negotiations on the content of the legislation advance, the undersigned Civil Society Organisations, Coalitions and Trade Unions, put forward key elements to make the proposed regulation efficient, implementable and impactful

Date:

19 Jul 2023

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Article

Members of the European Parliament are proposing to extend the scope of a draft EU regulation prohibiting forced labour products from the EU market to key services and to introduce remediation for victims.

Date:

15 May 2023

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Article

17 EU and international civil society organisations have written to the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council calling for swift progress towards a Forced Labour Regulation which provides remediation to workers who have experienced forced labour.

Date:

21 Mar 2023

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Article

Investors shared a letter they submitted to the EU Commission and EU Parliament charged with the development of the EU’s Proposed Forced Labor Product Ban

Date:

11 Nov 2022

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Article

Anti-Slavery International, the European Center for Constitutional Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament commissioned research into a proposal on how an EU import ban should be designed to meaningfully address forced labour and keep workers at its heart

Date:

11 Oct 2022

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Article

The statement calls on the European Parliament and EU Member States to improve the proposal where it is missing its purpose, whilst building on its key positive elements.

Date:

14 Sep 2022

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Article

Though the proposal was broadly welcomed by both labor rights organizations and businesses, critics point to deficiencies — which might cut into its effectiveness.

Date:

14 Sep 2022

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Article

The Commission has today (14 September) proposed to prohibit products made with forced labour on the EU market.

Date:

14 Sep 2022

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Article

Reaction by the European Coalition for Corporate Justice

Date:

13 Sep 2022

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Article

EU lawmakers in the Parliament had called for such an instrument in June 2022, the Commission first announced plans for a new legislative instrument in February 2022.

Date:

4 Aug 2022

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Article

Following the European Commission’s proposal on due diligence rules presented in February, the debate is set to pick up speed in September.

Date:

10 Jun 2022

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Article

On 9 June 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an import ban on products produced with forced labour from entering the EU market. The Parliament's recommendations, intended to feed into the EU Commission's ongoing drafting of new EU rules on products created or transported by forced labour, have been welcomed by civil society. However, the future instrument must put victims first and be remedy-centered, says the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ).

Date:

23 Feb 2022

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Article

The EU announces plans to promote decent work, and to prepare a new legislative instrument to ban products made by forced labour from entering the EU market

Date:

23 Dec 2021

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Article

Cotton Campaign addresses letter to EU Commission President von der Leyen urging for an import ban on forced labour products

Date:

17 Sep 2021

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Article

The authors explain how and why the EU should urgently introduce a ban on forced labour imports

Date:

16 Sep 2021

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Article

During the annual State of the EU speech, Ursula von der Leyen announced the block's intention to introduce a ban on the import of products made with forced labour

Date:

14 Jul 2021

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Article

The Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) published a guidance document on due diligence to help EU companies to address the risk of forced labour in their operations

Date:

5 Jul 2021

Content Type:

Report

Consideration of import controls on forced labour products coincides with the forthcoming European Commission legislative proposal on Sustainable Corporate Governance. CSOs highlight key considerations relevant to the development and functioning of these two parallel policy processes.

Date:

30 Jun 2021

Content Type:

Article

Anti-Slavery International and European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights’ position on import controls to address forced labour in supply chains

Date:

12 Feb 2021

Content Type:

Report

New report commissioned by the European Parliament analyses EU options for introducing an import ban on products related to severe human rights violations