MSN joined with 162 other international labour and human rights organizations in signing a joint open letter calling on the World Bank to enforce its policy of zero tolerance for retaliation and condemn the Cambodian government’s assault on human rights organizations, including the Center for the Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL) and Equitable Cambodia.

After years of pressure, denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. has signed the International Accord on Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry and the country-specific Pakistan Accord.

The state of emergency first declared by the Salvadoran government in March 2022 to curb rampant gang violence has now been repeatedly extended for over two years.

While much of the population supports the measures because of the lower levels of gang violence in certain areas, civil society organizations and families negatively impacted by mass detentions have questioned what the policy has cost in terms of human rights. 

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Clean Clothes Campaign, of which MSN is a member, are urgently calling on the Sri Lankan government to halt the current proposals for a new labour law and ensure that future labour reforms are only proposed and adopted following proper consultation with workers and their representatives.