Click to expand Image Police confront garment industry workers on the streets as they protest for a wage increase, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 12, 2023. 2023 Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Brussels) - The European Commission's assessment reports on the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) trade regulation expose serious abuses by many beneficiary governments, Human Rights Watch said today. The program grants developing countries tariff-free access to the EU market, conditioned on their respect for certain human and labor rights obligations. But the reports, published on November 21, 2023, raise questions about how the European Commission handles the GSP's human rights conditionality and highlight the need for reform to make the program more transparent and effective. "The EU GSP reports show that some countries seem to be on notice that their trade benefits depend on their human rights record, while others fear no consequence for their abu
The European Commission’s assessment reports on the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) trade regulation expose serious abuses by many beneficiary governments.
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A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian couple accused of blasphemy, citing insufficient evidence. A rights group has called it a “landmark judgment,” which has sparked calls for changes to the nation’s controversial blasphemy laws.