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8 total results foundAuthor: Albin-Lackey, Chris Title: Hear No Evil: Forced Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Eritrea's Mining Sector Summary: Eritrea is one of the world's poorest and most repressive countries. New international interest in the country's untapped mineral wealth could mean good news on the economic front "but potential investors in the mining sector need to be aware of the risk of forced labor and other serious abuses. The Eritrean government keeps a large proportion of its population in a program of indefinite and prolonged forced labor, under terrible conditions. Hear No Evil documents allegations that state-owned Segen construction was involved in the use of forced labor during the construction of Eritrea's first mine. Canadian firm Nevsun Resources had contracted Segen. Nevsun failed to identify human rights risks going in, and hired Segen despite allegations that the company regularly exploited forced labor. Nevsun has taken steps to try and prevent abuses since allegations of abuse first surfaced, but it has not challenged the contractor's refusal to allow an investigation of its practices. All of this carries lessons for other firms that are now moving ahead with new mining projects in Eritrea. Human rights risks need to be addressed proactively before project development gets under way. Companies should refuse to work with contractors credibly implicated in the use of forced labor, and should insist on the right to investigate alleged abuses by the firms they hire. Just as important, the home governments of international mining firms need to accept responsibility for monitoring and regulating the human rights practices of their companies when they go abroad. Details: New York: Human Rights Watch, 2013. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 24, 2013 at: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/eritrea01134Upload.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Eritrea Keywords: Forced Labor (Eritrea) Shelf Number: 127384 |
Author: Reisen, Mirjam van Title: The Involvement of Unaccompanied Minors from Eritrea in Human Trafficking Summary: Between 2008 and 2014 a new form of human trafficking emerged in the Sinai, called trafficking for ransom. I studied this new phenomenon, together with investigative journalist Meron Estefanos, and Prof Dr Conny Rijken. In follow up research in 2015 and 2016, I travelled regularly to the camps in Northern Ethiopia where many unaccompanied minors arrive from Eritrea as refugees. The youngest unaccompanied child I met there was five years old, accompanied by a sibling only a few years older. I made these journeys with PhD student Selam Kidane. The ongoing and deepening tragic situation in Eritrea, which motivates these children to take such a hazardous journey, and the desperation that underpins their situation, came as a shock, as did the vulnerability of these children to the trafficking networks. It is a deeply worrying situation. The increased attention on Eritrean unaccompanied minor refugees underlines the need for a deeper understanding of the reasons for their vulnerability and the modalities by which they fall into the hands of trafficking gangs and (temporarily) even become part of them. This report has particularly benefited from the interviews carried out and shared by Meron Estefanos. It has also benefited from the input of Africa Monitors, which investigated the subject through their network. Details: Tilburg, NETH: Tilburg University, 2015. 59p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 31, 2017 at: http://194.0.234.211/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the_involvement_of_unaccompanied_minors_in_ht.pdf Year: 2016 Country: Eritrea Keywords: Human Trafficking Shelf Number: 146634 |