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Feb 19, 2019:
Murders of Religious Minorities in India Go Unpunished, Report Finds (The New York Times, Feb 18, 2019)
Feb 6, 2019:
Ambassadors join the fight to end caste discrimination (press release IDSN, Feb 54, 2019)
Jan 23, 2019:
Report finds entrenched caste discrimination in India’s criminal justice system (IDSN, Jan 18, 2019)
Jan 16, 2019:
Answers to Parliamentary Questions by Member Voordewind (ChristianUnion) (subm. Nov 27, 2018) to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation on child labour and non-payment of minimum wages by Dutch and in the Netherlands active seed companies operating in India (Jan 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2018:
European Parliament calls on the EU to step up action at the UN and delegation levels to eliminate caste-based discrimination (press release IDSN, Dec 12, 2018)
Dec 13, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Dona i migrada, l'abús en la indústria del tèxtil (Campanya Roba Neta [Catalunya], Dec 12, 2018)
Dec 13, 2018:
Treball sense llibertat (Catalan translation of the report Labour Without Liberty published by ICN, CCC,...) (Dec 2018)
Dec 11, 2018:
We have a dream - 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (IDSN, Dec 10, 2018)
Dec 3, 2018:
Parliamentary Questions by Member Voordewind (ChristianUnion) on child labour and non-payment of minimum wages by Dutch and in the Netherlands active seed companies operating in India (Nov 27, 2018)
Nov 29, 2018:
Am I Important - Vulnerability Mapping of Children in Natural Stone Industry/Sector Rajasthan (ARAVALI, Nov 2018)
Nov 22, 2018:
Stop Child Labour business cases (Stop Child Labour, Oct 30, 2018)
Nov 22, 2018:
Amnesty urges Meghalaya to investigate attacks on activists for exposing illegal coal mining (Sikh Siyasat News, Nov 10, 2018)
Nov 19, 2018:
‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in India (The New York Times, Nov 17, 2018)
Nov 16, 2018:
UN women’s committee makes recommendations to Nepal to address discrimination against Dalit women (IDSN, Nov 14, 2018)
Nov 15, 2018:
Stop Child Labour partner sees small steps to end child labour in India (Stop Child Labour, Nov 14, 2018)
Nov 12, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Nov 12, 2018)
Nov 9, 2018:
Situation Bangladesh Accord has Agreement's attention (SER, Oct 19, 2018)
Nov 8, 2018:
Bhima Koregaon case: Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira get 14-day judicial custody (The New Indian Express, Nov 6, 2018)
Nov 7, 2018:
UN CEDAW committee voices concern over difficulties faced by Dalit women in Nepal (IDSN, Nov 5, 2018)
Nov 1, 2018:
New monitoring report: Seed companies show progress on tackling child labour, but fail to tackle non-payment of minimum wages in their supply chain (press release ICN, Nov 1, 2018)
Oct 26, 2018:
Govt treating human rights organisations like criminal enterprises: Amnesty (The Times of India, Oct 26, 2018)
Oct 26, 2018:
Panel hears horror tales of women’s death in textile factories (The Times of India, Oct 24, 2018)
Oct 25, 2018:
= ICN in the media = United dolors of Benetton (Left | L'unico giornale di sinistra, Oct 23, 2018)
Oct 25, 2018:
Rock quarry slavery survivors in Tamil Nadu welcome stiff sentence for captors (Reuters, Oct 16, 2018)
Oct 24, 2018:
Stop Child Labour presents annual report Getting down to Business (Stop Child Labour, Oct 9, 2018)
Oct 18, 2018:
Republic Of Fear: ‘India is hostile to its weakest and poor, there is no justice for them’ - interview with a reporter (The Polis Project, Oct 15, 2018)
Oct 11, 2018:
It’s a strict hostel life for these garment workers (The Hindu, Oct 9, 2018)
Oct 8, 2018:
EU high-representative calls the UN NGO Committee “hostile to civil society interests, particularly … caste discrimination” (IDSN, Oct 8, 2018)
Oct 2, 2018:
Kampf gegen Kinderarbeit: Landesregierung beschließt Runderlass zur Zertifizierung von Grabsteinen (MAGS.nrw, Sep 4, 2018)
Sep 27, 2018:
IDSN engages with the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (IDSN, Sep 26, 2018)
Sep 27, 2018:
Senior UN official raises concern over the ‘de facto’ rejection of ECOSOC status for IDSN (IDSN, Sep 20, 2018)
Sep 27, 2018:
Sanitation worker deaths spark protests demanding an end to manual scavenging in India (IDSN, Sep 26, 2018)
Sep 25, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Sep 24, 2018)
Sep 17, 2018:
Successful training about Business and Human Rights in India (Stop Child Labour, Sep 13, 2018)
Sep 17, 2018:
Letter by nine European MEPs urging cancellation of all agreements with the Indian Government (Sep 14, 2018)
Sep 12, 2018:
Why Dalits are wary of a diluted Atrocities Act (LiveMint, Jul 31, 2018)
Sep 7, 2018:
Modi Govt Has Not Released a Single Rupee for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers (The Wire, Aug 31, 2018)
Sep 7, 2018:
Supreme Court extends house arrest of rights activists till Sept. 12 (The Hindu, Sep 6, 2018)
Sep 6, 2018:
A brief timeline of the legal battle against Section 377 (The Indian Express, Sep 6, 2018)
Sep 6, 2018:
India Strikes Down Colonial-Era Law Against Gay Sex (The New York Times, Sep 6, 2018)
Sep 6, 2018:
Section 377 will not apply to consensual same-sex acts, says Supreme Court (The Hindu, Sep 6, 2018)
Sep 3, 2018:
India: MRG & IDSN strongly condemn latest arrests of prominent human rights defenders (IDSN, Aug 31, 2018)
Aug 29, 2018:
Activists’ arrest: It's a more serious situation in country than Emergency, says Arundhati Roy (The Hindu, Aug 28, 2018)
Aug 24, 2018:
The Global Slavery Index 2018 (Walk Free Foundation, Jul 2018)
Aug 24, 2018:
The Global Slavery Index 2018 - Findings: Country Study India (GlobalSlaveryIndex.com, Jul 2018)
Aug 24, 2018:
The Fashion Industry Is Considered One Of The Biggest Contributors To Modern Slavery (Essence, Jul 26, 2018)
Aug 23, 2018:
Five female anti-trafficking activists kidnapped and raped in India – EU responds (IDSN, Aug 23, 2018)
Aug 20, 2018:
Violence against India’s Dalit women on the increase (Asia Times, Jul 23, 2018)
Aug 16, 2018:
Manual Scavenging Is Outlawed, Yet It’s A Humiliating Reality For Millions of Dalits (Youth Ki Awaaz, Aug 15, 2018)
Aug 15, 2018:
EU High Representative asked to outline how the EU intends to support IDSN’s application for UN consultative status (IDSN, Aug 15, 2018)
Aug 8, 2018:
Demand for Public Investigation into the Murder of Ajit Naik (Intercultural Resources, Aug 8, 2018)
Aug 6, 2018:
Australian Parliament passes motion on caste-based discrimination (IDSN, Jul 18, 2018)
Aug 6, 2018:
Women subjected to caste-based attacks in India call on the UN to act (IDSN, Jul 13, 2018)
Aug 6, 2018:
UN rights chief references the unjust 10-year deferral of IDSN’s application for UN accreditation (IDSN, Jun 15, 2018)
Aug 1, 2018:
Worker Rights Consortium Assessment Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd. (Bangalore, India): Findings and recommendations (Workers Rights Consortium, Jun 21, 2018)
Jul 5, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Global Initiatives Failing to Stop Labor Abuses in India, Activists Say (Jakarta Globe, Jun 28, 2018)
Jul 4, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Jul 4, 2018)
Jul 3, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Breves - Esforços internacionais não travam abusos (Portugal Têxtil, Jun 28, 2018)
Jul 3, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Global initiatives failing to stop labor abuses in India, activists say (Reuters, Jun 27, 2018)
Jul 3, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Global initiatives failing to stop labour abuses in India, activists say (Thomas Reuters Foundation, Jun 27, 2018)
Jul 3, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Initiatives Failing to Stop Indian Labor Abuses, Activists Say (VOA News, Jun 26, 2018)
Jul 1, 2018:
Answers to Questions MEP Peter van Dalen (ChristianUnion) (subm. Mar 27, 2018) to the European Commission on tackling modern slavery of migrants in Bangalore's garment industry (Jun 26, 2018)
Jun 27, 2018:
INDIA: Victims of torture need effective accountability mechanisms (Asian Human Rights Commission, Jun 26, 2018)
Jun 25, 2018:
SCs/STs (PoA) Act: Implementation in Tamil Nadu 2016 (HRF Media, Apr 25, 2018)
Jun 20, 2018:
New report HWW/SOMO/ICN: Problems persist in South Indian textile industry (press release SOMO/ICN, Jun 20, 2018)
Jun 13, 2018:
The need to address caste-based violence highlighted in international annual human rights reports (IDSN, Jun 11, 2018)
Jun 4, 2018:
INDIA: Climate of impunity allows extrajudicial executions to go unchecked (Asian Legal Resource Centre, May 29, 2018)
Jun 3, 2018:
INDIA: Right to freedom of opinion and expression deteriorating (Asian Legal Resource Centre, May 30, 2018)
May 23, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Dutch PM Mark Rutte urged to take up Hindu extremism in talks with PM Modi (National Herald, May 23, 2018)
May 16, 2018:
Caste-based politics returns to India as Dalits seek equality (Financial Times, May 14, 2018)
May 15, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update May 15, 2018)
May 13, 2018:
Why selling their vote is a rational choice for a large segment of voters in India (Scroll.in, May 11, 2018)
May 7, 2018:
Report: Dalit men, women and children enslaved in India’s brick making industry (IDSN, May 3, 2018)
Apr 30, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Slavery in garment industry (Dalit Post, Mar 15, 2018)
Apr 25, 2018:
Rescued from slavery, Indian workers unite to stop bonded labour (Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 19, 2018)
Apr 23, 2018:
Dalits protest Supreme Court ruling diluting legislation meant to protect them (IDSN, Apr 13, 2018)
Apr 19, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Falsche Versprechen, verweigerte Rechte: Kleiderherstellung in Bangalore (Südasien, Apr 2018)
Apr 11, 2018:
Questions MEP Peter van Dalen (ChristianUnion) to the European Commission on tackling modern slavery of migrants in Bangalore's garment industry (Mar 27, 2018)
Mar 23, 2018:
Towards A Living Wage: A study of the minimum wages struggle of workers in Tiruppur's garment sector (SAVE, Nov 2017)
Mar 19, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Tamil Nadu government plans resource centre to ‘track’ migrant workers (The Times of India, Mar 17, 2018)
Mar 15, 2018:
UN human rights chief disturbed by discrimination against Dalits in India (IDSN, Mar 12, 2018)
Mar 5, 2018:
Answer to Supplementary questions MEP Anne-Marie Mineur (GUE/NGL) (subm. Dec 11, 2017) on working conditions in granite quarries in India (Feb 21, 2018)
Feb 28, 2018:
UN Report: Average Dalit woman dies 14.6 years younger than women from dominant castes (IDSN, Feb 28, 2018)
Feb 12, 2018:
Indian budget falls far short on allocations for Dalits (IDSN, Feb 12, 2018)
Feb 12, 2018:
= ICN in the media = South India’s granite stone workers are vulnerable to debt bondage due to burden of huge advances (CounterView.org, Feb 7, 2018)
Feb 8, 2018:
Valentine’s Day: Tainted Jewelry Supply Chains - Promising Practices Show Potential for Change (Human Rights Watch, Feb 8, 2018)
Feb 7, 2018:
= ICN in the media = European Union told to ask India to "stop" child, forced labour in granite mining units, exporting stone to West, China (CounterView, Feb 6, 2018)
Feb 6, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Il lavoro senza libertà nell’industria tessile dell’India (AltreEconomica.it, Feb 5, 2018)
Feb 5, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Workers confined in Indian mills supplying Hugo Boss (Fibre2Fashion.com, Feb 4, 2018)
Jan 29, 2018:
= ICN in the media = False Promises and Mobility Restrictions Plague Migrant Workers in Bengaluru’s Garment Industry (The Wire, Jan 29, 2018)
an 29, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Modern slavery uncovered in India's garment sector (Just-Style.com, Jan 26, 2018)
Jan 26, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Jan 26, 2018)
Jan 26, 2018:
New report: false promises and restriction of movement in production for Western garment brands (ICN/Clean Clothes Campaign/Garment Labour Union, Jan 26, 2018)
Jan 23, 2018:
Dalit Women Speak Out! conference – forming a collective for resistance (IDSN, Jan 19, 2018)
Jan 16, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Indian garment factories found "keeping women captive" (Just-Style.com, Jan 15, 2018)
Jan 11, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Confronting the root causes of forced labour: identity and discrimination (OpenDemocracy, Jan 10, 2018)
Jan 8, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Hugo Boss Accused of Forced Labor in India (TriplePundit, Jan 8, 2018)
Jan 5, 2018:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Jan 5, 2018)
Jan 5, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Gästarbetare hålls fångna i Hugo Boss-fabriker i Indien (Dagens Nyheter, Jan 4, 2018)
Jan 4, 2018:
= ICN in the media = Workers held captive in Indian mills supplying Hugo Boss (The Guardian, Jan 4, 2018)
Jan 3, 2018:
Mill worker deaths fuels employment concerns in India garment sector (Reuters, Dec 27, 2017)
Dec 21, 2017:
Amnesty International: Dalit human rights defenders face serious risk (IDSN, Dec 20, 2017)
Dec 20, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Children stitch shoes for global market in India's tourist magnet (Reuters, Dec 19, 2017)
Dec 20, 2017:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Dec 19, 2017)
Dec 19, 2017:
New Report Proposes Strategies for Reducing Child Labour in Agra, India: Fair Labor Association and Stop Child Labour Recommend Creation of ‘Child Labour Free Zone’ and More Responsible and Transparent Supply Chains in Leather and Footwear Production (press release Fair Labor Association/Stop Child Labour, Dec 19, 2017)
Dec 14, 2017:
European Parliament report urges EU to step up action on caste discrimination (IDSN, Dec 14, 2017)
Dec 14, 2017:
Young Dalit activists speak out at the UN Minority Forum on youth and inclusion (IDSN, Dec 13, 2017)
Dec 8, 2017:
India’s ‘Rat Eaters’ are so poor that even the Dalits look down on them (South China Morning Post, Dec 7, 2017)
Dec 7, 2017:
Answer to written question MEP Anne-Marie Mineur (GUE/NGL) (subm. Aug 30, 2017) to the European Commission about the research report by the India Committee of the Netherlands and Stop Child Labour on conditions in Indian granite quarries (Nov 27, 2017)
Dec 7, 2017:
Answer to written question MEP Judith Sargentini (Verts/ALE) (subm. Aug 31, 2017) to the European Commission about the call for due diligence in response to abuses in the granite industry (Oct 30, 2017)
Dec 7, 2017:
Retrenched Greaves Cotton Workers Demand Answers from the Company (Thozhilalar Koodam, Dec 5, 2017)
Dec 6, 2017:
11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India (Literary Hub, Dec 4, 2017)
Nov 29, 2017:
Dalit rights activist Chandrashekhar Azad's detention is a mockery of law: Amnesty International India (Sikh Siyasat News, Nov 10, 2017)
Nov 27, 2017:
IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour (Stop Child Labour, Nov 7, 2017)
Nov 22, 2017:
Why Do So Many Indian Children Go Missing? (The New York Times, Nov 19, 2017)
Nov 22, 2017:
“Everyone Blames Me” – new report on barriers to justice for sexual assault survivors in India (IDSN, Nov 17, 2017)
Nov 14, 2017:
UN Expert criticizes India’s sanitation drive for exacerbating manual scavenging (IDSN, Nov 14, 2017)
Nov 10, 2017:
IDSN Roadmap to the UNOHCHR Guidance tool on Descent-Based Discrimination (IDSN, Nov 9, 2017)
Nov 10, 2017:
Urgent Appeal for Action – Dalit Professor attempted killed in need of immediate protection (IDSN, Nov 8, 2017)
Nov 9, 2017:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Nov 9, 2017)
Nov 8, 2017:
Out of Work and into School: What we have accomplished (Stop Child Labour, Nov 2017)
Nov 8, 2017:
Getting children Out of Work and into School: Combining bottom-up and top-down strategies to stop child labour (Stop Child Labour, Nov 8, 2017)
Nov 7, 2017:
Answers to Parliamentary questions by the member Hijink (Socialist Party) (subm. Sep 4, 2017) on the news that granite is being quarried by children's hands (Oct 19, 2017)
Nov 7, 2017:
Answers to Parliamentary questions by the members Sazias and Van Brenk (both 50PLUS) (subm. Aug 29, 2017) on the research The Dark Sites of Granite (Oct 19, 2017)
Nov 2, 2017:
Urgent Appeal for Action – Death threats and withdrawal of police protection for a Dalit human rights activist (IDSN, Nov 2, 2017)
Nov 2, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Slavery stain on granite (The Telegraph, Sep 3, 2017)
Nov 2, 2017:
= ICN in the media = India: Unsafe, exploitative work rife in granite quarries (SafetyNet, Sep 6, 2017)
Nov 2, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Kinderarbeit im Natursteinsektor Chinas? (Jigsaw, Oct 2016)
Nov 1, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Gældsslaveri og børnearbejde bag granit i Danmark (Danwatch, Oct 31, 2017)
Nov 1, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Campaign aims to make Hong Kong a key player in fight against slavery (South China Morning Post, Oct 28, 2017)
Oct 31, 2017:
URGENT ACTION: Death Threats for Human Rights Lawyer (Amnesty, Oct 23, 2017)
Oct 27, 2017:
UN water and sanitation expert to visit India in November (IDSN, Oct 26, 2017)
Oct 24, 2017:
Oppressed by Dalits: living as the lowest among the lowest (The Hindu, Oct 9, 2017)
Oct 24, 2017:
MEPs call on EU Presidents to address caste discrimination at the EU-India summit (IDSN, Oct 20, 2017)
Oct 24, 2017:
Answers to Parliamentary questions by the members Voordewind (ChristianUnion), Van den Hul (Labour Party) and Diks (GreenLeft) (subm. Aug 25, 2017) on modern slavery, child labour and unsafe and unhealthy work in Indian granite quarries that supply Dutch and European markets (Oct 19, 2017)
Oct 20, 2017:
India: Superpower aspirations while 21 percent of children waste away (Asian Human Rights Commission, Oct 17, 2017)
Oct 18, 2017:
= ICN in the media = UK businesses unite to tackle slavery (Knitting Industry, Oct 16, 2017)
Oct 17, 2017:
Indian Government responds to UN rights review – accepts key recommendations on caste but not on ensuring space for civil society (IDSN, Oct 9, 2017)
Oct 13, 2017:
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage (ILO, Sep 19, 2017)
Oct 12, 2017:
= ICN in the media = ‘India has highest number of slaves’: IB recommends campaign to ‘discredit’ information (The Express Tribune, Oct 5, 2017)
Oct 10, 2017:
Campaign and new report highlight caste discrimination in schools (IDSN, Oct 9, 2017)
Oct 10, 2017:
Parliamentary questions by MEP Judith Sargentini (Verts/ALE) - subject: Call for due diligence in response to abuses in the granite industry (Aug 31, 2017)
Oct 10, 2017:
Parliamentary questions by MEP Anne-Marie Mineur (GUE/NGL) - subject: Research report by India Committee of the Netherlands and Stop Child Labour on conditions in Indian granite quarries (Aug 30, 2017)
Oct 6, 2017:
Indian men 'beaten up over moustaches' (BBC News, Oct 4, 2017)
Oct 4, 2017:
= ICN in the media = India slammed for slavery, we need to counter: IB to Govt (Indian Express, Oct 4, 2017)
Oct 4, 2017:
RECTIFICATION regarding report The Dark Sites of Granite (ICN/Stop Child Labour, Oct 4, 2017)
Oct 2, 2017:
Corporate social responsibility will not be taken seriously until Dalits have a seat at the table (Counterview, Sep 29, 2017)
Oct 2, 2017:
Dalits’ economic assertion, fight for wages, land rights main causes of caste violence in Gujarat (Counterview, Sep 14, 2017)
Sep 29, 2017:
New ILO research reveals the true scale of child labour around the world (Stop Child Labour, Sep 25, 2017)
Sep 29, 2017:
Global Estimates of Child Labour: Results and trends, 2012-2016 (ILO, Sep 19, 2017)
Sep 26, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Forced Labor and Child Trafficking in India’s Garment Sector (The Asia Foundation, Sep 20, 2017)
Sep 11, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens (The Express Tribune, Aug 23, 2017)
Sep 11, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Flintshire firm sourcing granite from child labour quarry according to a major human rights report (Invest Money UK, Sep 5, 2017)
Sep 11, 2017:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Sep 11, 2017)
Sep 8, 2017:
= ICN in the media = UK chains withdraw granite range over slavery concerns (Financial Express, Sep 3, 2017)
Sep 8, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles (Oman Observer, Aug 23, 2017)
Sep 8, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens, report says (Mining.com, Aug 24, 2017)
Sep 8, 2017:
The murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh shows India descending into violence (The Guardian, Sep 7, 2017)
Sep 7, 2017:
IDSN recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council September session (IDSN, Sep 7, 2017)
Sep 7, 2017:
= ICN in the media = UK shops pull India granite (EasternEye, Sep 6, 2017)
Sep 7, 2017:
Dalit flood victims need food, water and medicine (IDSN, Sep 6, 2017)
Sep 6, 2017:
Parliamentary Questions by the member Hijink (Socialist Party) on the news that granite is being quarried by children's hands (Sep 4, 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
Reaction of India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) on statements of John Lewis, Habitat and Nobilia in the article "John Lewis and Habitat halt sale of worktops over slavery claims, stone sold in UK shops is from Indian quarries that abuse human rights, investigation reveals" in The Observer, Sunday 3 September 2017 (ICN, Sep 5, 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
Die Schattenseite des Granitsteins: deutsche Zusammenfassung Rapport The Dark Sites of Granite (ICN/Stop Child Labour/Kerk in Actie, Aug 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Top UK Retailers Withdraw Indian Granite Over Child Labour Concerns (Little India, Sep 5, 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Top UK retailers pull granite worktops from shops over Indian slavery fears (Thomas Reuters Foundation, Sep 4, 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
= ICN in the media = UK Firms John Lewis And Habitat Withdraw Granite Worktops Over Child Slavery Concerns In India (HuffPost India, Sep 4, 2017)
Sep 5, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Habitat and John Lewis remove products connected to child labour (Retail Gazette, Sep 4, 2017)
Sep 4, 2017:
Parliamentary Questions by the members Sazias and Van Brenk (both 50PLUS) on the research The Dark Sites of Granite (Aug 29, 2017)
Sep 4, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Photo essay: How TN textile mills force girls into bonded labour to 'earn dowry' (The News Minute, Sep 2, 2017)
Sep 4, 2017:
= ICN in the media = John Lewis and Habitat remove granite worktops over fears of slavery (MetroUK, Sep 4, 2017)
Sep 4, 2017:
= ICN in the media = John Lewis and Habitat withdraw granite worktops over slavery concerns (The Guardian, Sep 3, 2017)
Sep 1, 2017:
Rights defenders: legislation meant to stop caste atrocities is failing (IDSN, Aug 31, 2017)
Aug 29, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens: report (New Straits Times, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = The Dark Sites of Granite Modern slavery, child labor and unsafe work in Indian granite groves (Kractivist.org, Aug 24, 2017)
Aug 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dark Sites of Indian Granite Quarries: Modern Slavery, Child Labour and Unsafe Work (India Resists, Aug 24, 2017
Aug 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = New report: The Dark Sites of Granite (Stop Child Labour, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = TFT response to ICN report 'The Dark Sites of Granite’ (TFT-Earth, Aug 24, 2017)
Aug 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Three Dutch firms are sourcing granite from child labour quarries (DutchNews.nl, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 28, 2017:
Squeezing civil society hurts India (New Age, Aug 26, 2017)
Aug 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dutch firms get granite from child labour quarries in India (New Europe, Aug 25, 2017)
Aug 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = ‘Children, bonded workers slave in India’s granite quarries’ (The Times of India, Aug 25, 2017)
Aug 26, 2017:
Parliamentary questions by the members Voordewind (ChristianUnion), Van den Hul (Labour Party) and Diks (GreenLeft) on modern slavery, child labour and unsafe and unhealthy work in Indian granite quarries that supply Dutch and European markets (Aug 25, 2017)
Aug 24, 2017:
= ICN in the media = India: Modern Slavery in Granite Quarries (The Sri Lanka Guardian, Aug 24, 2017)
Aug 24, 2017:
= ICN in the media = India: Report finds modern slavery, child labour & unsafe work at granite quarries - What should companies do? (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens, report says (The Times of India, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dutch companies sell granite mined by Indian child laborers: report (NL Times, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indians miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens, report says (Reuters, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = RPT-Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens, report says (Reuters, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian miners risk death for granite tiles and kitchens, report says (Thomson Reuters Foundation, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Schmutziger Granit (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 23, 2017:
Summary report The Dark Sites of Granite (ICN/Stop Child Labour/Kerk in Actie, Aug 2017)
Aug 22, 2017:
New report: The Dark Sites of Granite: Modern slavery, child labour and unsafe work in Indian Granite Quarries - What should companies do? (media release ICN/Stop Child Labour, Aug 23, 2017)
Aug 22, 2017:
The Dark Sites of Granite: Modern slavery, child labour and unsafe work in Indian granite quarries - What should companies do? (ICN/Stop Child Labour/Kerk in Actie, Aug 2017)
Aug 18, 2017:
India cuts off funding to IDSN member for reporting to UN Experts (IDSN, Aug 15, 2017)
Aug 17, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Over 300 textile units in India enter agreement with Netherlands on fair wages, sustainable environment (The Times of India, Aug 10, 2017)
Aug 4, 2017:
Justice Under Trial: A study of pre-trial detention in India (Amnesty International India, Jul 12, 2017)
Aug 2, 2017:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Aug 2, 2017)
Aug 2, 2017:
Responsible garment production a step closer (press release SER, Jul 4, 2017)
Jul 28, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Il Rispetto Dei Diritti Umani - Si perde nel vuoto delle leggi (Manitese, Mar 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
Spinning on empty stomachs in India’s textile hub (Eco-Business.com, Jun 14, 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
Big fashion brands pull out of Bangladesh garment summit over worker rights concerns (Eco-Business.com, Feb 23, 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
Charity targets spinning mills in India, Bangladesh to end slavery in fashion industry (Eco-Business.com, Sep 16, 2016)
Jul 27, 2017:
One in seven women in Bengaluru garment factories face sexual violence, report says (Eco-Business.com, Jun 27, 2016)
Jul 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = ‘CSR by global brands must look beyond tier-1 of leather supply chain in India’ (The CSR Journal, May 24, 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Damning report on conditions of leather workers (Thozhilalar Koodam, May 23, 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Do leather workers matter? Violating labour rights and environmental norms in India’s leather production (Synergy And People, Mar 13, 2017)
Jul 27, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Exploitation in the Indian Leather Industry (ASGA, Apr 2017)
Jul 25, 2017:
Breaking Down Democracy: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Modern Authoritarians (Freedom House, Jun 2017)
Jul 10, 2017:
In this UP village, stone quarries are the only source of livelihood – but they’re taking lives (Scroll.in, Jul 10, 2017)
Jul 10, 2017:
In the stone quarries of Madhya Pradesh, lakhs are putting their lungs, limbs and lives at risk (Scroll.in, May 10, 2017)
Jul 10, 2017:
How poverty is disproportionately experienced in scale, intensity by socially excluded communities (Counterview, Jul 5, 2017)
Jul 7, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dalit Workers in India’s Leather Industry Suffer Serious Rights Abuses – India Committee of the Netherlands Report (Velivada, May 12, 2017)
Jul 6, 2017:
Ahead of Modi's visit, Dutch group raises issue of 'human rights violations' in India (The Tribune, Jun 26, 2017)
Jul 6, 2017:
UN Side-event: Blocking of civil society access to the UN must end now (IDSN, Jun 22, 2017)
Jul 6, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dutch sustainable sourcing pact maps suppliers (Just-Style.com, Jul 5, 2017)
Jul 5, 2017:
Dutch govt in ‘dialogue with India on human rights’ (The Times of India, Jul 3, 2017)
Jul 4, 2017:
Answers to Parliamentary Questions by Member Voordewind (ChristianUnion) (subm. Jun 22, 2017) to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the visit of Prime Minister Modi of India to the Netherlands (Jun 30, 2017)
Jun 30, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Dutch civil society groups prodded govt to confront Modi on foreign funding of NGOs (The Times of India, Jun 27, 2017)
Jun 30, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Modi’s ‘silent support for Hindu extremism’ criticised in Holland (National Herald, Jun 27, 2017)
Jun 30, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Talk to Modi on Human Rights Violations: Dutch Parliamentarians, India Committee of the Netherlands (Sabrang India, Jun 27, 2017)
Jun 26, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Ahead of Modi’s Visit, Dutch Civil Groups Raise Concerns of Rights Violations in India (The Wire, Jun 26, 2017)
Jun 26, 2017:
IndiaNews: information on India and the ICN (ICN, update Jun 26, 2017)
Jun 24, 2017:
Open letter to Prime Minister Rutte about the visit of Indian Prime Minister Modi to the Netherlands: Talk to Narendra Modi about human rights violations (ICN, Jun 24, 2017)
Jun 23, 2017:
Parliamentary Questions by Member Voordewind (ChristianUnion) to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the visit of Prime Minister Modi of India to the Netherlands (Jun 22, 2017)
Jun 16, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Indian homeworkers sewing shoes for major footwear brands (HomeWorkers Worldwide, Apr 3, 2017)
Jun 14, 2017:
Successes and lessons from Stop Child Labour evaluation (Stop Child Labour, Jun 12, 2017)
Jun 14, 2017:
Violence against Dalits particularly becomes virulent when they challenge caste domination (Counterview, Jun 13, 2017)
Jun 7, 2017:
India has world’s highest number of stunted children, child workers (The Hindustan Times, Jun 6, 2017)
Jun 6, 2017:
Cow vigilantes, a political tool to silent democratic dissent: Have we entered a lawless state? (Counterview, Jun 5, 2017)
Jun 2, 2017:
Battle over cow protection polarises India (The Straits Times, May 6, 2017)
Jun 2, 2017:
What is India's caste system? (BBC News, Feb 25, 2016)
May 30, 2017:
Rights groups assail India’s human rights record (UCAN India, May 29, 2017)
May 30, 2017:
Citizens' report highlights ignorance of BJP-led government (DailyHunt, May 26, 2017)
May 24, 2017:
UN Members States: India must do more to uphold the rights of Dalits (IDSN, May 24, 2017)
May 24, 2017:
HRW: India must stop ‘cow protection’ vigilante violence against Dalits and Muslims (IDSN, Apr 27, 2017)
May 24, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Send children ‘to work’ at school to end child labour: activists say (Morung Express, May 7, 2017)
May 24, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Send children ‘to work’ at school to end child labour in India (The News International, May 3, 2017)
May 24, 2017:
= ICN in the media = ‘CSR by global brands must look beyond tier-1 of leather supply chain in India’ (The Hindu Business Line, May 23, 2017)
May 18, 2017:
India to legalise mica mining in bid to tackle endemic child labour (The Guardian, May 8, 2017)
May 17, 2017:
Attacks on human rights activists reach crisis point globally (Amnesty International, May 16, 2017)
May 12, 2017:
= ICN in the media = ‘Locals have become too aware of their rights’: Why Bengaluru garment factories are hiring migrants (Scroll.in, May 9, 2017)
May 12, 2017:
For Bengaluru’s garment hub workers, the minimum wage is actually the maximum wage (scroll.in, Apr 19, 2017)
May 12, 2017:
The Bengaluru garment workers who stitched your branded clothes have probably still not been paid (scroll.in, Apr 18, 2017)
May 12, 2017:
Victory for 2,700 sanitation workers in Mumbai as Supreme Court grants them permanent jobs (scroll.in, Apr 11, 2017)
May 5, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Send children 'to work' at school to end child labour in India - activists (Thomson Reuters Foundation, May 2, 2017)
May 3, 2017:
= ICN in the media = Report shines light on human rights, labour abuses in India’s leather industry (EasternEye, Apr 5, 2017)
May 3, 2017:
India ratifies two international ILO conventions against child labour (ICN, Apr 6, 2017)
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