As a result of five years of research on non-judicial redress mechanisms against human rights abuses, Corporate Accountability has published a set of reports as a reference for people seeking access to remedy. They offer a deep dive into the role, working, and efficiency of these mechanisms. Cividep India has also actively collaborated in these research efforts.
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Surya Deva, Associate Professor at the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong and Member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights speaks on why we need a legally binding treaty to regulate corporations with respect to human rights.
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A Reuters news article features a historic meeting that brought together homeworkers and manufacturers of Tamil Nadu’s leather industry with international leather brands for the first time. This was organized as a part of our research endeavor mapping the role of homeworkers, an otherwise invisible workforce in the global supply chain of leather goods.
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The ‘Stitching our Shoes’ research report co-authored by Cividep, Homeworkers Worldwide and Labour Behind the Label, is featured in this piece by Reuters. Our research reports how women homeworkers of Tamil Nadu, women who are an integral part of the global supply-chain manufacturing high-end shoes, but get paid below minimum wages and have no recognition as workers.
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The Diplomacy Training Program acknowledged Mr Gopinath Parakuni, Cividep’s General Secretary, for his commendable work in supporting worker organising and collectivisation in India’s export garment industry.
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