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OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: Introduction: Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates
This issue of Human Rights Dialogue explores ways to increase participation in the human rights movement and access to the benefits of human rights through ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: Codes of Conduct Don't Work: A View from the Factory Floor
When workers come together to challenge the rising tide of sweatshop conditions, they strive for change that affects their lives and is felt throughout ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: A Template for Ground-Up Workable Codes
As Northern labor, religious, and nongovernmental organizations press apparel retailers and manufacturers for stronger codes of conduct and transparent verification systems, in Latin America ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: Interview with Medea Benjamin
Human Rights Dialogue interviews Medea Benjamin on the role of NGOs in establishing a global code of conduct from the global north to the global ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: Speaking with a Unified Voice: Student Consumers Make Targeted Change
The United States has experienced a renewed wave of student activism against widespread violations of workers’ rights in factories that produce licensed apparel. United Students ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: A Labor Viewpoint on Workplace Codes of Conduct
The plight of banana workers highlights the need for new international trade union action: the code of conduct campaign to fight the brutal consequences ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: NGO-Labor Union Tensions on the Ground
There are serious tensions between NGOs and trade unions, two major advocates of workers’ rights, that underlie any discussion of workplace codes of conduct. The ...
OCT 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 4 (Fall 2000): Who Can Protect Workers' Rights? The Workplace Codes of Conduct Debates: Articles: The Promise of Corporate Codes of Conduct
Both voluntary codes of conduct and legal regulation are clearly needed, but Donaldson argues that codes are more effective when owned by the ...
SEP 18, 2000 • Article
U.S. Policy in the Balkans: Priorities for a New Administration
For the last ten years the succession of crises in the Balkans has challenged the international community to devise a long-term policy aimed at resolving ...
AUG 6, 2000 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2, No. 3 (Summer 2000): Silence Breaking: The Women's Dimension of the Human Rights Box: Articles: Basic Christian Communities: Reaching Women in Brazil's Popular Sectors
The Basic Christian Communities (CEBs) provide a space for discussion of patriarchy and other social justice concerns. They have helped women to reflect ...