The French government hinders the implementation of the ancient law of commercial duty in the European Union, despite the evidence without stopping the links of the main French corporations with human rights violations.
On February 6, a survey through the dissemination of French media, in collaboration with the cash research program, revealed that the clothing products manufactured for the main French game store that Decathlon obtained here from the Chinese Factories Fored Pinturas UIGAUOURY
The survey revealed that a subsidiary of a key decathlon provider operated an Xinjiang factory, where it participated in the sponsored paint movements systems through the Chinese government, where the Uigures and other Turkish Muslims are forced to move to urban spaces to Paints in factories. The supplier also won Uighur Movered to its facilities in the province of Shandong.
Human Rights Watch documented how the Chinese government has committed crimes opposed to humanity opposed to Ughurs in Xinjiang since 2017, forced labor.
The revealed survey said that the decathlon was aware of the imaginable forced paintings in its origin chain since 2021, but has not taken mandatory measures for therapy. Decathlon told Human Rights Watch on February 10 that “any accusation that undermines our principles is rigorously proved with in -depth investigation carried out through our own groups of conformity and external parts. ” The company did not respond a consultation of Human Rights Watch as to whether the supplier continues to be discharged that the investigation connected to the forced paintings UYHOUR. These links deserve to inspire the decathlon to disconnect immediately.
In 2024, the EU followed two main legislation to combat the complicity of corporations in human rights violations. The first, the Moderate Diligence Directive of the Sustainability of Corporations (CSDDD), forces giant corporations to direct human rights and moderate environmental diligence in their chains of global origin. The moment prohibits imports of goods produced through forced labor. The two legislation enter into force in 2027.
Unfortunately, the president of the European Commission Ursula von de LeC, with the French and German governments, exercised tension for a proposal of “omnibus” that is in danger the weakening of the directive of moderate diligence and two other laws.
Decathlon links in forced hard work show the EU that human rights violations may succeed in very close to their home. Instead of undermining commercial duty efforts, France ensures that the European Union remains at the forefront of combat opposite to forced hard work and other human rights violations in the world.
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