The Progressive Magazine Op-Ed: The United Arab Emirates Is Not Protecting Climate Migrants by Mustafa Qadri

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change:  Access to information on climate change and human rights Renewable Energy Introduction  Equidem is a human and labour rights not-for-profit working globally to promote the rights of marginalised communities, accountability for serious violations, and building…

A coalition of 15 human rights organisations, trade unions, fan groups, and organisations representing migrant workers has issued an urgent warning over the escalating human rights risks linked to the 2034 FIFA Men’s World Cup, one year after FIFA awarded hosting rights to Saudi Arabia. In letters sent earlier this month to FIFA President Gianni…

The International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN agency that sets global labour standards, recently endorsed the centrality of living wages to social and economic development, justice, and human dignity.   Minimum wages all too frequently amount to nothing more than poverty-level pay since they mark the lowest possible wage permitted. The concept of a “living…

What are the Drivers of Human Trafficking and Forced Labour?  Human trafficking and modern slavery are driven by multi-faced systems centered around a lack of opportunity. Average people find themselves in difficult situations in countries around the world where people face poverty and a lack of opportunity, which leads them to seek work either in…

The most recent BBC Panorama programme on 6th November provides a snapshot into the ongoing exploitation of workers and the lack of oversight in fashion company supply chains in the UK. The investigation highlights the continued unfair and abusive purchasing practices which squeeze suppliers on prices and lead times. In turn this impacts worker who…

By Geoffrey Otieno, Equidem Africa Investigator.  As an African, I know all too well that the continent is on the frontlines of the changing environment: we can feel it in the droughts that have caused famines that have killed our people and animals and in the extreme floods that have ruined houses and farms. As…