Australia's world-first repository of 'modern slavery statements' a step in the right direction
- Written by Fiona McGaughey, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, University of Western Australia
A sweatshop in Dakar, Bangladesh, where underaged workers make steel consumer goods in hazardous and dangerous circumstances, October 20 2020.StevenK/ShutterstockFrom “fast fashion” to tinned tuna to the components in your mobile phone, what guarantee do you have the goods you buy are slave-free?
The Australian government has taken a...