G20 labor ministers gathering in Germany on May 18 and 19, 2017, should pledge to protect human rights in global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said today... The labor ministers meeting in Bad Neuenahr should support mandatory rules on human rights due diligence for companies operating in and from their countries... Such rules should require companies to assess, prevent, mitigate, and remediate harmful human rights impacts of their actions. The labor ministers – in coordination with other government agencies – should support mechanisms requiring companies to provide public information about their suppliers and the steps they are taking to avoid contributing to abuses... “It is good news that the German government has put the issue of sustainable global supply chains on the G20 agenda,” [HRW] said. “The G20 has the potential to help set standards for the protection of worker’s rights in global supply chains – and it should, without delay.”