Human Rights

Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains: The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice

By Miriam Saage-Maass, et al
Springer-Verlag July 2021

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ISBN-13
9783030738372
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Publication
July 2021
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
Switzerland ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book documents and analyses the various interventions - legal, political, and even artistic - that followed the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2012. It illuminates the different substantive and procedural aspects of the legal proceedings and negotiations between the various local and transnational actors implicated in the Ali Enterprises fire, as well as the legal and policy reforms sparked by the incident. This endeavour serves to embed these legal cases and reform efforts in the larger context of human and labour rights protection and global value chain governance. It also offers a concrete case study relevant for ongoing debates around the role of transnational approaches in making human rights litigation, advocacy, and law reform more effective. In this regard, the book interrogates and critically reflects on such legal campaigns and local and transnational reform work with a view to future transformative legal and social activism.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Transnational Law and Advocacy around Labour and Human Rights Litigation
Part 1: The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and its aftermath - Litigations, campaigning and transnational collaboration
Loss and Legibility - A conversation with Saeeda Khatoon
Legal Interventions and Transnational Alliances in the Ali Enterprises Case - Struggles for Workers' Rights in Global Supply Chains
Paradoxes of Strategic Labour Rights Litigation: Insights from the Baldia Factory Fire Litigation
After the Ali Enterprises fire: Occupational safety and health and workers' organising - A conversation with Zehra Khan about current and future struggles
Pakistan's "Industrial 9/11" - Transnational rights-based activism in the garment industry and creating space for future global struggles
The Land of Mourning - A conversation with Adeela Suleman
Four against KiK - A conversation with Caspar Dohmen
Part 2: Labour and Tort Law Aspects of Global Supply Chains
The Rana Plaza collapse and the case for Enforceable Agreements with Apparel Brands
Trade Union Approaches to Global Value Chains - The Indonesian Experience
Transnational labour law? "Corporate social responsibility" and the Law
Tort Law and Human Rights
Part 3: Critical Perspectives on Law and Litigation.- Confined Employment: Exploring Labor Marginalization in Workplace Safety
The KiK case: A critical perspective from the South
From Strategic Litigation to Juridical Action
Toward a Strategic Engagement with the Question of the Corporation: A Critique of Business and Human Rights
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