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Book Chat on Refugee Policy and Taiwan and Japan at University of Central Lancashire

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Last week, we had the honour of speaking at the book introduction seminar for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan and Taiwan. The event was facilitated by the book’s editors, Lara Momesso, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile at the University of Central Lancashire, …

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WBI and SEEAC Submit Report to the UN on the UK’s Implementation of Key Human Rights Treaty

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17 January 2025. WBI is honoured to have received a grant from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, one of the UK’s national human rights institutions. This grant supports the participation of refugees and migrants in the review of the UK’s implementation of a core human rights treaty at the UN in Geneva in February. …

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WBI Speaks at Public Hearing on Taiwan’s Second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

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6 January 2025. WBI contributed insights on priority setting and potential improvements during a public hearing for the draft of Taiwan’s second National Action Plan (NAP) on Business and Human Rights. This December 2024 event was organised by Taiwan Labor Front and TTNC Watch, and was moderated by the Taiwanese legislator Fan Yun. The public …

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Celebrating Two Years Since Our First Publication, Guidebook on Forced Labour Indicators in English and Chinese

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9 December 2024. It has been two years since we released our first publication, the bilingual guidebook on International Labour Organisation’s Indicators of Forced Labour in December 2022. Since then, our publications have been seen online more than 45,000 times and downloaded more than 700 times.  Our first publication, titled “Understanding International Labour Organisation Forced …

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WBI Speaks on Global Standards Concerning Migrant Workers to Apparel and Footwear Brands and Manufacturers

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1 December 2024. WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling spoke on global standards and regulations concerning foreign migrant workers on a special webinar hosted by the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the Fair Labor Association.  WBI 執行長凌怡華 Dr Bonny Ling 在美國服裝鞋類協會 (American Apparel & Footwear Association) 和公平勞工協會 (Fair Labor Association) 合辦的網路研討會上分享關於外籍移工工作環境和雇用的國際標準和規範。 This American Apparel …

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Prize awardee Marry Robinson Highlights WBI’s International Taiwan Business Forum

Prize Laureate Mary Robinson Highlights Taiwan, Business & Human Rights in Speech

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18 November 2024. Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson highlights Taiwan and Human Rights, and references the WBI-organised 2024 Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Tang Prize Speech. The Forum, held in April 2024 in Taipei, aimed to increase corporate awareness of human rights and environmental due …

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WBI Engages in Dialogues with Leading Japanese Companies organised by Caux Round Table Japan

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6 November 2024. WBI Executive Director Dr. Bonny Ling attended the 2024 Business and Human Rights Conference organised by Caux Round Table Japan (CRT Japan) in Tokyo on 25 October. This major annual business and human rights event for includes four days of intense dialogues with individual Japanese companies under the 2024 Global Stakeholder Engagement …

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WBI Speaks on Labour Exploitation at Sea at Talk Organised by UNESCO Chair in Ocean Governance

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24 October 2024. WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling spoke on growing concern of labour exploitation at sea at the Blue Horizon Seminar Series, organised by the UNESCO Chair in Ocean Governance at the Centre for Blue Governance of the University of Portsmouth. Also speaking at the panel was Prof. Leïla Choukroune, Professor of International …

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Dr Bonny Ling teaches module on forced labour at the University of Bergen, Norway

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10 October 2024. Our Executive Director, Bonny Ling, joined the faculty again this year for the 2024 run of the annual Business and Human Rights Masters course in Bergen, Norway. This course is a collaboration between the Institute of Human Rights and Business, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights and the University of Bergen.  Held across …

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WBI Paper and Policy Briefs Featured in a Publication on Migrant Workers in Taiwan and Japan

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22 August 2024. WBI article and policy briefs are featured in the joint publication by the Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), one of the most influential Taiwan policy think tanks on Asian regional affairs, and the Institute of Developing Economies of Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). The publication, “Migrant Workers in Taiwan and Japan: Patterns, …

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