Leveraging the impact of non-judicial remedy pathways to strengthen rule of law in garment producing countries and achieve greater corporate accountability for lead brands

Feb 10, 2025 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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Organised by: Worker Rights Consortium This panel will explore how long-standing experience of utilizing national labour laws in garment-producing countries to successfully remediate labour violations can provide crucial insight into how new due diligence legislation could enhance the protection of the worker rights and shift industry approaches to both prevention and remedy of rights abuses. In this session, panellists will offer first-hand reflections of the remediation process of rights abuses in the global apparel supply chain and provide analysis of how the evolving industry response to remedy can inform approaches to undertaking effective human rights due diligence. Cases will examine how interventions -- including an Indian union’s legal case which led to the recovery of $60 million in unpaid wages, a Cambodian union’s experience of remediating gender-based violence and harassment, and the strengthening of freedom of association in Honduras – ultimately strengthened the rule of law in countries where international brands had conducted insufficient due diligence. More information and registration English with simultaneous translation to Khmer and Spanish