Forced Labor Product Bans: their human rights potential and how to make them effective

The EU is debating a Ban on Products made with Forced Labor. How can it be a tool for positive change? What are lessons learned from other jurisdictions?

The event will start out with an update on EU policy developments. The discussion will then consider questions on human rights impacts and potentials of a forced labor product ban, drawing from experiences with the US Tariff Act.

Questions include: what are the impacts of product bans on the human rights situation on the ground? What are unintended negative consequences? How could product bans be a tool for remediation? What is the role of civil society in an effective enforcement? How to ensure policy coherence with the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and other mandatory human rights due diligence legislation?

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