On the Side of Humanity? Human Rights a Missing Link in COVID-19 Vaccine Strategies

Heartbreaking scenes in India, of people facing serious illness and death during a record-breaking surge in COVID-19 infections now spreading to other countries in South Asia, are a painful reality check on how much work is still ahead to stop the...

How the Pandemic is Affecting Bangladesh’s Garment Workers

The readymade garment (RMG) industry employs millions of workers in Bangladesh and has contributed to the nation's development. The COVID19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the sector as malls and factories had to close and still today...

A Year Since Covid – What Can Businesses Continue To Do?

In the year since the World Health Organisation declared the pandemic, 2.6 million people have died. On the day of the anniversary – 11th March 2021 – there were 118 million recorded cases, a figure that continues to rise by the hour, with more than...

Development Denied – Recruitment Fees Eroding Migrant Worker Remittances (Pt 5)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

Losing More Than Their Health – COVID-19 and Migrant Worker Wage Theft (Pt 4)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

Pandemic Prejudice – COVID-19 and Discriminatory Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers (Pt 3)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

Accommodating the Spread – Migrant Worker Accommodation Driving COVID Infections (Pt 2)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers Across Asia (Pt 1)

COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

As part of our continuing focus on the links between COVID-19 and the business and human rights agenda, IHRB is exploring the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers across Asia and the roles and responsibilities of...

Boohoo or Crocodile Tears? Worker Exploitation in a UK Apparel Factory

Online clothing retailer Boohoo is the latest company to find itself on the receiving end of press reports alleging modern slavery, exploitation and abuse of factory workers in supply chains. The UK based company is contending with how to respond to...

Interview with Bill Godnick - 3 Simple Questions on Business and Human Rights

I met Salil Tripathi in the mid-2000s when we were both working in Colombia with oil and mining companies and NGOs on security and human rights frameworks in conflict zones. I found he was a person not easily defined as a man from the Global South...

COVID, Housing, and Climate - A Call for a Systems Shift

 The seemingly simple words “stay at home” have exposed the economic and racial inequality that divides most cities, countries, and regions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the centrality of the right to housing – fundamental to our ability to...

The Invisible Transport Workforce Keeping Supply Chains Moving

When we talk of front-line staff in the global coronavirus crisis, how often do we have in mind the docker, the seafarer, the long-distance freight trucker, the delivery driver – those transporting food, medical supplies, fuel and other essential...