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"Workers' rights are human rights." Policy brief: The garment industry in Cambodia
This policy brief aims to outline the current state of human rights in relation to the garment industry in Cambodia and offers recommendations for reforms. The brief includes an...
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Cambodia’s labor market and employment
This report aims to provide a clearer picture of the current labor market and future trends in Cambodia. The authors examine key labour, economic and demographic trends; key...
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Labour migration landscape in Asia (2015): Recent trends and policies
This presentation provides an update on trends in migration and policies in Asia. Data is provided on intra-ASEAN migration shares; shares of outflow of international migrant...
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Labour migration landscape in Asia (2014): Recent trends in migration and policies
A presentation analysing recent trends in migration and policies in Asia. Data is provided on the outflow of migrants to Gulf countries, southeast Asian countries, and Korea....
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Broken promises: Why Thailand should stay on Tier 3 in the 2015 US Trafficking in Persons report
A briefing arguing that Thailand should remain on Tier 3 in the 2015 US Trafficking in Persons Report. The briefing reviews the Thai Government’s actions against the minimum...
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Exploitative labor practices in the global shrimp industry
A report about the global shrimp market and forced labour in the industry. The report summarises the global shrimp market and supply chains, and provides a closer analysis of...
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Universal Periodic Review, Cambodia, joint submission on human trafficking for labor exploitation
A joint submission on the situation of human trafficking for labour exploitation in Cambodia, prepared for the 2013 Universal Periodic Review on human rights. The submitters...
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Six-month report on the situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Klong Yai District, Trat, Thailand
A report summarising the situation and issues faced both at work and in the communities by Cambodian migrants in one district in Thailand. The report provides demographic and...
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Exploitation of Cambodian men at sea
A case analysis on the Kandal 11, a group of eleven Cambodian males who were exploited on a fishing boat in Thailand. The document provides information on their recruitment,...
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Labour study, estimating labour situation in the Cambodian agricultural sector 2014-2019, August 2014
The report of a study to explore whether a labour shortage is expected in Cambodia’s agricultural sector 2014-2019. The authors attempt to provide summary labour estimates for...
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Labour and social trends in ASEAN 2010, sustaining recovery and development through decent work
A presentation about labour and social trends in ASEAN 2010. The presenter discusses economic recovery and the challenge of re-balancing growth. They then cover labour market...
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The precarious status of migrants in Thailand: Reflections on the exodus of Cambodian migrants and lessons learnt
A report reflecting on the mass exodus of Cambodian migrants from Thailand in June 2014. The report is based on interviews with Cambodian migrants on both side of the border as...
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The Walmart effect: Child and worker rights violations at Narong Seafood, Thailand’s model shrimp processing factory.
A briefing paper about child labour, non-payment of wages and falsified documents at Narong Seafood, a Thai shrimp processing factory that supplies to Walmart. The briefing is...
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Sold to the sea: Human trafficking in Thailand's fishing industry
A report documenting human trafficking and labour and human rights abuses in Thailand's fishing industry. Based on investigations in 2013, the report documents testimonies of...
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Irrigating a socialist utopia : disciplinary space and population control under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-1979
This article explores how the Khmer Rouge’s restructuring of the environment into a socialist utopian space could be explained as an attempt to establish and tighten control...
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Thailand, the plight of Burmese migrant workers
The paper examines key issues and problems faced by Burmese migrant workers and their families, the Royal Thai Government and the employers. Hundreds of thousands of Burmese...
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Needs assessment and analysis of the situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Klong Yai District, Trad, Thailand
The report of a scoping study into the needs and situation of Cambodian migrant workers in Klong Yai district. This study follows a 2004 gender analysis of trafficking through...
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Lao PDR labour standards and productivity in the garments export sector
This report describes labour practices in the Laos garments export sector as seen by both management and labour. It is based on an analysis of primary data collected through a...
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Current trends in employment, and industrial relations and labour laws in Asia
A presentation about trends in employment, industrial relations and labour laws in Asia. The presenter discusses the population of Asia that constitute the ‘working poor’. They...
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Joint letter from global unions and global brands to the Cambodian Prime Minister
This is a joint letter from global unions and global brands to the Cambodian Prime Minister communicating their concern over the killing and wounding of workers and bystanders...