COVID-19: Recommendations & Resources for Governments

Recommendations and Resources for Governments

Recommendations

A New Social Contract can rebuild our workplaces and economies after COVID-19 by Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation.
From Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: Clean Clothes Campaign outlines demands on brands & govts. to mitigate effects of COVID-19 on workers in global garment supply chains
From HRW: COVID-19: A Human Rights Checklist
From United Nations Sustainable Development Group: Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19
From OECD Watch: OECD Watch calls on OECD member and adherent states to ensure businesses act responsibly during the global COVID-19 crisis
From Focus on Labour Exploitation: “No worker left behind: protecting vulnerable workers from exploitation during and after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic”
A fast, simple way to get support to workers without paid leave:
From International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): COVID-19 Urgent Economic Stimulus and Workplace Measures Required
From the Center for Global Development: Tips on how developing countries with large informal economies can help stop the spread of COVID 19
From ITUC: COVID-19 should be classified as an occupational disease
From Human Rights Watch: Qatar: Protect Migrant Workers During Pandemic
From the ILO: Protecting migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
From United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trafficking in Persons: Preliminary FIndings and Messaging Bassed on Rapid Stocktaking
From United Nations Women: Addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers
From Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: EU response to COVID-19 must focus on realising socio-economic rights and prioritise companies that respect human rights
From National Immigration Law Center:
To Ensure Collective Health and Safety, Federal Packages for COVID-19 Relief Must Include Immigrant Communities
From Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: AICHR: ASEAN and its Member States must integrate human rights values in Covid-19 response

Resources

From United Nations Sustainable Development Group: Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the Socio-Economic Impacts Of COVID-19
From Human Rights Watch: COVID-19: a Human Rights Checklist
From the ILO: COVID-19 and the world of work

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