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The human rights of labourers

Companies haven’t earned our trust when it comes to protecting workers’ rights, so why do states give them the benefit of doubt?

By Penelope Kyritsis and Shawna Bader-Blau
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Shawna Bader-Blau is the executive director of the Solidarity Center, the largest global workers rights organisation in the United States. She shared her insights on the significance of the fourth report of the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, presented to the UN General Assembly on 21 October 2016. 

Penelope Kyritsis (BTS): What is the importance of the Special Rapporteur’s fourth report on freedom of peaceful assembly and association?

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