Transnational Legal Activism in Global Value Chains : The Ali Enterprises Factory Fire and the Struggle for Justice / edited by Miriam Saage-Maaß, Peer Zumbansen, Michael Bader, Palvasha Shahab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saage-Maass, Miriam.

Contributor:

Zumbansen, Peer, 1966-

Bader, Michael.

Shahab, Palvasha.

Series:

Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights, 2509-2979 ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Social legislation.

Human Rights.

Politics and Human Rights.

Labour Law/Social Law.

Local Subjects:

Human Rights.

Politics and Human Rights.

Labour Law/Social Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access 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. .

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. .

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

3-030-73835-3