A Chance to Curtail Abuse in Germany’s Supply Chains

Expand Bangladeshis work at Snowtex garment factory in Dhamrai, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 19, 2018. © 2019 AP Photo/A.M. Ahad Knowing where products are made is key to stopping human rights abuses in the global supply chain. An alliance of 64 NGOs and trade unions in Germany—including Human Rights Watch—has launched a Supply Chains Law Campaign urging the German government to propose a bill by 2020 that would ensure German companies put in place human rights safeguards in their supply chains. Seven years ago to this day, on September 11, 2012, a fire ripped through Ali enterprises garment…

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