Is Your Favorite Clothing Brand Fuelling Factory Abuses? Daily Brief
Plus: Kenya’s new police chief should walk the talk; International Criminal Court abandons Afghanistan's victims; journalists released by Mozambique court; why is Egypt hosting a human rights meeting with its poor domestic record?; Tanzania’s albinism plan should protect kids; US states punish companies that refuse to trade with illegal Israeli settlements; and African leaders meet to discuss Sudan and Libya.
Many global brands tout their commitment to ensuring rights-respecting workplaces in the factories that produce their goods. Yet these brands seem happy to put pressure on suppliers to drive down prices or produce faster, undermining their good efforts elsewhere and putting factory workers at risk of abuse, new Human Rights Watch research has found.
Kenya’s new police chief says he wants to ensure that his officers respect human rights, but local pressure groups want him to back this rheotoric with a promise to investigate police for past wrongdoings.
International Criminal Court (ICC) judges have abandoned an investigation into possible war crimes in Afghanistan. This is a big let-down for victims who will not get the justice they deserve.
A court in Mozambique has released two journalists who had been detained on baseless claims, in an effort to undermine their investigative work. The journalists were covering armed attacks in Cabo Delgado.
Egypt is hosting a meeting for the top African Union rights body, while at the same time its government is committing dire human rights abuses of its own.
Tanzania is working on a national action plan for people with albinism. Recent killings of children with albinism has left many kids in temporary holding shelters far away from their homes. The plan must ensure that children are safe to live with their parents and go to school.
Many United States states are using anti-boycott laws and executive orders to punish companies that refuse to do business with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
And finally, African leaders convened a summit in Cairo to discuss Sudan and Libya crises.