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Together with those affected and partners worldwide, ECCHR uses legal means to hold state and non-state actors accountable for human rights violations.
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The case against Syngenta is a true David versus Goliath battle. The voices of people at the other end of global supply chains are frequently drowned out by powerful corporate interests, making it incredibly difficult to seek justice or systemic change.
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The case breaks legal ground: It's the 1st lawsuit from the Global South against an agrochemical company for pesticide poisoning, exposing the double standards in the pesticide trade. The outcome could have implications for others affected by human rights violations along global supply chains.
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Syngenta's pesticide "Polo" is banned in the EU and Switzerland. Nevertheless, it is still exported to the rest of the world, often with devastating consequences - as was allegedly the case in the Indian region of Yavatmal in 2017.
www.ecchr.eu/en/case/pois...
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Das ECCHR fordert deshalb weitere Ermittlungen zu einer Vielzahl von Konflikten und stärkere Zusammenarbeit mit internationalen War-Crimes-Units.
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Sie fordert: „den Aufbau eines europäischen Seenotrettungskorps mit dem alleinigen Auftrag, Menschenleben auf See zu retten, wobei die internationalen Menschenrechtsvorschriften uneingeschränkt zu beachten sind."
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Over 600 organisations call on the European Commission to fulfill its promise: end double standards in pesticide trade!
đźš« Stop the manufacture & export of pesticides banned in the EU
🥦 Block food imports containing residues of these toxic chemicals
👉 bit.ly/44D1jeP
#StopDoubleStandards
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For more insights into our and our partners’ experience with using the German Supply Chain Act, see our newly published study: www.ecchr.eu/publikation/.... And to save supply chain laws from “simplification” aka erosion, please sign the petition: lieferkettengesetz.de/lieferketten....
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A proposal to close this accountability gap is on the table—what’s needed now is the political will to adopt it. ECCHR strongly supports the reform process. Alongside more than 80 other CSOs worldwide, we are calling on states parties to make the crime of aggression more easily prosecutable.
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These restrictions were introduced under pressure from powerful countries aiming to shield their leaders from accountability. A rare opportunity to change this is just around the corner. In less than two weeks, states parties will meet to review the ICC’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
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Yet the International Criminal Court (ICC) has only limited jurisdiction over this crime. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, the ICC cannot prosecute acts of aggression committed by nationals of non-member states—even if these acts target the territory of a member state.
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One year ago, Border Forensics published it’s damning investigation in collaboration with centreiridia.bsky.social, #AMDH and with the legal advice of @ecchr.bsky.social
Find the full investigation in AR, EN, ES, FR here 👉 www.borderforensics.org/investigatio...
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"By forcing starving Palestinians to leave their homes and not allowing them to return, the GHF and allied mercenary companies are complicit with Israel in serious violations of international humanitarian law, also constituting the crime of forced displacement" says ECCHR's @chamelons.bsky.social.
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"By forcing starving Palestinians to leave their homes and not allowing them to return, the GHF and allied mercenary companies are complicit with Israel in serious violations of international humanitarian law, also constituting the crime of forced displacement" says ECCHR's @chamelons.bsky.social.
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It is unclear whether this audit was ever carried out. In any case, according to affected workers and trade unionists, the violations on site continue unabated to this day.
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Confronted with allegations of labor law violations and union busting by its supplier, KiK declared that its “compliance management system [left] no room for tolerating such behavior in the event of evidence” and announced a compliance audit by KPMG - despite clear indications of its unsuitability.
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Danke ✊
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Politisch steht das Lieferkettengesetz seit seinem Bestehen massiv unter Druck. "Dabei ist der Fall KiK ein Paradebeispiel dafür, weshalb wir es brauchen und was im Umgang damit schiefläuft", so ECCHR-Juristin Annabell Brüggemann.
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Mit der Beschwerde fordern die Gewerkschaft NTUF und betroffene Arbeiter*innen die zuständige Behörde BAFA auf, KiK zur Einhaltung ihrer gesetzlichen Sorgfaltspflichten zu bewegen & wirksame Maßnahmen zur Abhilfe & Prävention zukünftiger Menschenrechtsverletzungen in ihrer Lieferkette zu ergreifen.
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Im Zentrum der jetzt eingereichte LkSG-Beschwerde stehen die Arbeitsrechtsverletzungen bei Mount Fuji, auf die KiK aus Sicht der Beschwerdeführenden bislang nicht angemessen reagiert hat: Löhne unter dem Existenzminimum und die Unterdrückung gewerkschaftlicher Organisierung.
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Nach einer unternehmensinternen Beschwerde 2023, zeigte sich KiK zunächst dialogbereit und forderte seinen Zulieferer Mount Fuji zur Einhaltung des Arbeitsrechts auf. Gleichzeitig weigerte sich KiK, selbst Teil der Vereinbarung zu werden und Verantwortung für ihre Durchsetzung zu übernehmen.
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KiK stellt sich gerne als Vorreiter in Unternehmensverantwortung dar. Man habe nach dem tödlichen Brand 2012 in der Textilfabrik Ali Enterprises seine Lektion gelernt. Tatsächlich kommt KiK seiner Verantwortung für die Arbeitsbedingungen bei seinen pakistanischen Zulieferern bis heute nicht nach.