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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A New Era for U.S. Export Controls and Human Rights?

On March 30, 2023, the United States and over 20 additional Subscribing States released a "Code of Conduct for Enhancing Export Controls of Goods and Technology That Could be Misused and Lead to Serious Violations or Abuses...more

The Volkov Law Group

U.S. and International Partners Unveil New Code of Conduct Respecting Human Rights Concerns in Relation to Export Control Measures

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On March 30, 2023, the United States Department of State announced the adoption—in conjunction with a host of international partners—of a specific Code of Conduct related to human rights considerations in the context of...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Continuous Video Surveillance of Employees: Psychological Harassment?

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Case law recognizes that constant and continuous video surveillance of employees may constitute an unreasonable working condition, and thus violate section 46 of Québec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”), when...more

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US, EU Issue Guidance on Expectations for Due Diligence to Address Forced Labor Risks

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On July 13, 2021, the US Department of State, US Department of the Treasury, US Department of Commerce, US Department of Homeland Security, Office of the United States Trade Representative, and US Department of Labor issued...more

Miller Canfield

Biden Executive Order Strengthens and Expands U.S. Sanctions on Chinese Military Companies

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President Biden has signed an Executive Order effective August 2, 2021, affirming and expanding U.S. policy restricting the purchase and sale of publicly traded securities of listed Chinese companies with a nexus to China's...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Biden Issues Executive Order To Reset And Expand Sanctions On Chinese Military And Surveillance Companies

On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued a new executive order (E.O.), “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People’s Republic of China” (E.O. 14032). The E.O. prohibits U.S....more

Morgan Lewis

New Executive Order Carries Forward, Expands Chinese Military Company Sanctions

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The new executive order continues the policy of prohibiting US persons’ transactions in the publicly traded securities of select Chinese companies, but expands the scope to include both Chinese companies that operate or have...more

A&O Shearman

ECtHR hands down judgment finding that UK’s historic surveillance laws breached the ECHR right to privacy and freedom of...

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On 25 May 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its judgment in the case Big Brother Watch v United Kingdom (BBW), holding that the UK had breached the European Convention on Human...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

A New Era of Export Controls Begins in the EU: The Revised EU Dual-Use Export Controls to Promote Human Rights

On May 10, 2021, the EU adopted its new, revised version of Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 (the “Regulation”). It is widely acknowledged to be the first major reform to the structure of the EU’s export control regime since...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Uyghur Forced Labor Legislation Could Create New Compliance Challenges For Importers

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (the Uyghur Bill) on September 22, 2020, by a vote of 406-3. The Uyghur Bill is in reaction to reports that the government of China has been...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Face-off on Use of Biometric Technology in the UK

In one of the world’s first test cases regarding the legality of the use of automated facial recognition and biometric technology, on 11 August 2020 the English Court of Appeal handed down judgment in R (Bridges) v CC South...more

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IBM, Microsoft and Amazon suspend sales of facial recognition technology

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 13 (June 25, 2020) - IBM CEO Arvind Krishna sent a letter to the United States Congress on June 8 announcing his company’s intent to stop selling general purpose facial recognition...more

Hogan Lovells

BIS targets alleged human rights violations by expanding Entity List with addition of 28 Chinese parties

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On 7 October 2019 the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) expanded the Entity List, restricting certain transactions with 28 Chinese entities. ...more

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US State Department Seeks Feedback on Amorphous Human Rights Due Diligence for US Exporters of ‘Surveillance’ Items

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The US State Department is soliciting feedback on its draft “US Government Guidance for the Export of Hardware, Software, and Technology with Surveillance Capabilities and/or Parts/Know-How,” issued September 4, 2019 (Draft...more

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State Department signals increased focus on surveillance technology and human rights abuses

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On 4 September 2019 the U.S. State Department issued "Draft 'U.S. Government Guidance for the Export of Hardware, Software and Technology with Surveillance Capabilities and/or parts/know-how'" (draft guidance). ...more

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Guilt by Geolocation? Bulk SMS Intimidation of Protesters in Ukraine

Reports that the Ukrainian government may be tracking the movements of anti-government protesters using their cellphones raises a number of difficult questions for telecommunications providers operating in that country....more

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