In future, German companies should guarantee that all their suppliers comply with human rights. An unofficial draft provides for fines and imprisonment as sanctions. NGOs welcome the move, the economy is outraged.
Cobalt is also used in the construction of electric batteries. There are mines in the Congo from which this rare earth is extracted and children are often used to extract them.
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Cobalt is used for the production of smartphone and tablet batteries. The mineral is mainly mined in the Congo, from children – under life-threatening conditions.
At rush hour, the children stand at the crossroads, sell goods or beg at the traffic lights. In the four to five hours in between, they learn to read and write.
Although no references to child labor were found at the supplier, the company is no longer a contractual partner. As a testimony to his own innocence, Ferrero gives unusual insights.
Ferrero is accused of children in Romania wrapping the toy in surprise eggs. Local authorities consider the criticism to be unjustified. And the group is narrow-lipped – again.
Children love it: the surprise egg. But now serious allegations are being made against the manufacturer Ferrero. The initiates investigations and promises clarification. The Romanian judiciary is also reacting.
British journalists have been doing covert research in Turkish factories. Her report shows that refugees manufacture clothing there under catastrophic conditions. Young people are among them.
Access to jobs and schools? Often difficult for Syrian refugees in Turkey. Child labor is common. Many would not make it without neighbors and foreign organizations. A visit.
Afghanistan: A six-year-old carefully scrapes off the brown colored milk juice from the opium poppy. He holds raw opium in his hands. Hundreds of thousands are addicted to the drug in the country.
Blood sticks to smartphones and tablets, criticize Amnesty and Unicef: child labor is the order of the day for cobalt mining in the Congo. Now smartphone manufacturers like Apple are obliged.
Bombs, blockades, poverty: children work in the Gaza Strip and in Israel so that their families survive. Instead of being trained in school, they toil for a starvation wage.
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