Publications

Comments Concerning the Ranking of Thailand by the United States Department of State in the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report

Publication Date: 

April 22, 2022

This report contains the comments of the Seafood Working Group (SWG) concerning the Government of Thailand’s ranking in the United States Department of State’s 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.1 The TIP Report is a requirement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In 2021, the U.S.

NGOs file Amicus Brief in support of Cambodian Migrant Workers Allegedly Trafficked to Work in Thai Seafood Plant

Publication Date: 

April 22, 2022

GLJ-ILRF, along with 18 other human and workers' rights organizations filed an amicus brief in the case of Keo Ratha, et al. v. Phattana Seafoods, Co. Ltd. et al with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of seven Cambodian migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to work in a seafood factory in Thailand. The Ninth Circuit had affirmed the district court's judgement in favor of the defendants, denying the plaintiffs-appellants civil remedy under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA).

Report: Reprisals and Repression of Garment Worker Unions and Workers Organizations During COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

Publication Date: 

April 11, 2022

Based on interviews with unions, workers’ rights organizations and garment workers, this report shows that Sri Lanka’s largest garment manufacturer Brandix Lanka (Brandix) violated government COVID-19 guidelines in the days before a superspreader COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 at one of its factories. Additionally, this report reveals that both Brandix and the Sri Lankan government police and military escalated the repression of Sri Lankan unions and workers’ organizations working on the case.

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