This Motion for a Protective Order was filed by the International Rights Advocates as part of their lawsuit against Firestone on child labor claims. The motion asks the court for a protective order to require any of the plaintiffs to be supplied with an interpreter if they so chose. The request was granted by the judge in Indianapolis.

This provision of the Farm Bill, if passed, would provide U.S. agricultural companies with a voluntary way to demonstrate to consumers that their products are harvested without the worst forms of child labor or forced labor.

The use of forced child labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest is widespread, and violates both Uzbekistan’s domestic law and its international legal commitments. This is the conclusion of a group of human rights defenders who monitored the use of forced child labor in two of the country’s provinces, Kashkadaria and Syr Daria. Their report is based on the 141 interviews that resulted, with students, parents, farm and healthcare workers and local residents.

Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for union organizing. More trade unionists are murdered in Colombia every year than in the rest of the world combined. According to the Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO, roughly 4,000 Colombian trade unionists have been murdered in the past 20 years, more than 2,000 of them since 1991.