Global Finance, Trade and Supply Chains

global finance, trade and Supply Chains

The global economy allows powerful actors to profit from the complex structures that organise the supply of labour and goods, often through the violation of fundamental rights of vulnerable populations including the use of slave or bonded labour. GLAN is committed in finding innovative angles in challenging and addressing such violations, using the structures of the international system against those who abuse them. We aim to create new opportunities for the protection of human rights in these contexts.

Latest cases

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CASE WIN! Watershed victory in fight for total ban on the import of Uyghur forced-labour cotton

lobal Legal Action Network (GLAN) and World Uyghur Congress (WUC) won at the Court of Appeal, taking UK authorities back to court over continued imports of forced-labour cotton.

Petition filed with the Irish customs authority seeking halt to imports of Chinese forced & prison labour cotton

GLAN, in partnership with World Uyghur Congress, filed a legal petition to the Irish customs authority with evidence demonstrating the widespread use of forced and prison labour involving Xinjiang’s persecuted Uyghur people in its cotton industry.

Children's rights
and Irish Tax Policy

GLAN, with Irish NGOs, are calling for a new review into Ireland's tax policies that are contributing to human rights violations overseas. Ireland facilitates tax avoidance through several complex aspects of its tax law.

Legal challenge launched against EU measures incentivising trade in forced labour textiles

The Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF), with the support of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), has filed a case against the UK government challenging EU trade measures which promote trade in cotton produced with forced labour in Uzbekistan.

related NEWS

Press release: Decision overturned. ‘Watershed’ ruling confirms that UK companies trading in forced labour goods risk prosecution

27.06.24: Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have won in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the UK Na

Game-changing legal victory for World Uyghur Congress

This. Is. Huge. We have resoundingly won our appeal with World Uyghur Congress against the National Crime Agency (NCA.

Torture survivor makes criminal complaint ahead of UK visit by Xingjang governor

GLAN (Global Legal Action Network) has contributed submissions and evidence in support of torture survivor Erbakit Otarbay, who is...

Judgment handed down in case against UK government on failure to halt imports of Uyghur cotton

On 20 January 2023, judgment was handed down in the GLAN and World Uyghur Congress' (WUC) case against the UK government. The case...

Swiss National Contact Point calls on Glencore to carry out due diligence at its Cerrejón Coal mine

The OECD National Contact Point (NCP) in Switzerland published its Final Statement in the Complaint against Glencore which was filed by...

Saudi spyware targeting of activist to be challenged in UK Court

Dr Azzam Tamimi, journalist, academic and human rights activist

Irish Medical Council must stop ignoring human rights concerns in accreditation of Bahrain program

GLAN in partnership with REDRESS and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have written to the Irish Medical Council...

Complaint against Messe Berlin for hosting exhibitor involved in illicit economy in Western Sahara

GLAN and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) released today, 6 September 2019, an open letter to Messe Berlin...