Chained to Chocolate: Child Slavery in the Cacao Industry
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John Doe et. al. v Nestle et. al., Forced Child Labour in the Cacao Industry, the Alien Tort Claims Act, Koibel and Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses Discussion with Terry Collingsworth on John Doe et. al. v Nestle et. al, the prevalence of child slavery in the cacao industry in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire and the assistance provided to farms that enslave children by confectionary conglomerates. We also discuss the history and jurisprudence of the Alien Tort Claims Act (or Alien Tort Statute/ATS), its potential to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Koibel on the future of ATS litigation against corporate human rights abuses. Additionally, we discuss corporate accountability under international human rights law and the feasibility of establishing an international instrument for corporate accountability in the current political climate. We also look at the feasibility of consumer class actions as an avenue of human rights litigation and the effectiveness of public campaigns and consumer boycotts against corporate human right abusers. For More Info: Nestle Class Action Lawsuit iradvocates.org truthinadvertising.org/McCoy-v-Nestle-complaint.pdf http://childlaborcocoa.org/ https://www.dol.gov/ilab/issues/child-labor/cocoa/ http://childlaborcocoa.org/images/ https://www.youtube.com https://www.truthinadvertising.org http://www.rugmarkindia.org/rugmark/index.htm
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