A recent poll at the 2021 Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment suggested that “some progress but more work [is] required” on recruitment fees – a finding also revealed in Know The Chain's latest survey of recruitment practices.
In this episode of Voices, Felicitas Weber, Project Manager at Know the Chain talks to Neill Wilkins (IHRB’s Head of Migrant Workers Programme) about the importance of ranking company efforts to ensure responsible recruitment to prevent exploitation of workers.
25 April 2024 | Podcast
As 2024 began, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aptly summed up our deeply worrying collective moment. As she put it, speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Switzerland, we are moving through “an era of conflict and...
26 March 2024 | Commentary
Commentary by Scott Jerbi, Senior Advisor, Policy & Outreach, IHRB
Bulldozers have been linked to human rights violations for many years, at least since 2003 when the US activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar bulldozer while protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian home with a family...
07 March 2024 | Commentary
Commentary by Peter Frankental, Economic Affairs Programme Director, Amnesty International
08 March 2024 | Video
05 February 2024 | Meeting Report
The perception of ‘value’ needs to change if the World Bank’s mission is to succeed
Last week we attended the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C. The annual IMF-World Bank meetings bring together finance ministers and central bankers from all regions as a platform for official...
26 April 2024 | Commentary
Commentary by Vasuki Shastry, Author, ESG/Strategic Communications Expert; International Advisory Council, IHRB Haley St. Dennis, Head of Just Transitions, IHRB