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IRA takes on tech giants and slams PACT's competence

In its class action in which it accuses five American groups of benefiting from the use of forced child labour on DRC cobalt mines, International Rights Advocates also criticises NGO PACT for its lack of efficiency. [...] (233 words)

Issue dated 14/01/2020

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Appeal launched in US over child labour in cobalt mines case

As announced, US lawyer Terry Collingsworth has filed an appeal with the federal court of the District of Columbia on behalf of 13 Congolese plaintiffs. [...]

DRC 03/12/2021

Big tech cleared but Glencore, ERG and Huayou cited in relation to child labour

A US court has dismissed the class action filed by 13 Congolese nationals against tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Dell for their part in the use of forced child labour in DRC's cobalt mines. [...]

DRC 01/10/2021

Sex trafficking precedent invoked in child labour class action suit

In a class action suit against Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla and Dell brought to the US courts by 13 Congolese nationals over the use of child labour in the mines, lawyer Terry Collingsworth, argues that recent rulings regarding sex trafficking through pornographic websites and videos support his clients' case. [...]

Collingsworth is a labour and human rights attorney specialising in trade and international labour rights issues. © Terry Collingsworth

DRC 18/01/2021

Google may be added to class action over child labour in mines

Terry Collingsworth, representing plaintiffs who accuse US tech firms of faciltiating child labour in mines, has accepted the arguments of Hogan Lovells, the law firm representing Alphabet, which state that as it is simply Google's parent company, it is not directly responsible for the activities of its subsidiary. [...]

DRC 27/11/2020

Trafigura slow and steady on path to marketing Gécamines' cobalt production

Trading company Trafigura has just signed a contract with state-run subsidiary Gécamines to market cobalt. It intends to begin trading in the next three months but only on a select few sites to ensure traceability. [...]

Trafigura has entered into an agreement with the Entreprise Générale de Cobalt (EGC) in the DRC. © Trafigura

DRC 08/06/2020

Celebrity attorney Theodore Boutrous to defend Dell in class action suit over child labour in cobalt mines

Having taken on Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein in the courts and defended Playboy against the White House, the American lawyer Theodore Boutrous has now been retained by the computer maker Dell in a case involving alleged forced labour in Congolese mines. [...]

Artisanal miners work at the Tilwizembe outside of Kolwezi. © Reuters

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DRC 20/04/2020

Cobalt: activist lawyer Terry Collingsworth forces Apple, Tesla & co to answer child labour charges

To respond to lawyer Terry Collingsworth's claims that they have been complicit in the use of forced child labour in the DRC, US West Coast tech giants Apple, Google, Microsoft and Tesla are mobilising America's top legal brains. [...]

DRC 28/01/2020

PACT digs in heels over criticism of its programmes in Mutoshi

The NGO PACT has taken offence to the claims that [...]

DRC 28/01/2020

Unicef urges miners to defend children's rights

While buyers of minerals extracted in DRC were recently reminded [...]

AFRICA UNITED STATES 12/06/2018

Traceability: American majors getting in on the act

Although President Donald Trump's administration has dispensed US-registered or listed companies from having to guarantee their mineral supply chains the [...]

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