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    Rights Denied Behind the Products we Buy

    Dhaka, Bangladesh. A child works barefoot in a shipyard. There, the production of propellers is carried out under extremely precarious and dangerous working conditions.

    Have you ever wondered where the products you buy come from? Who made them? Under what conditions? Sustainability Mag has mapped out some of the places in the world where human rights are being abused. Minerals, textiles, food... the products you use every day sometimes have stories that are hard to hear.


    To be read also in the dossier "Human Rights: A Call for Businesses to be More Vigilant"

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