Excerpted from Radio Netherlands:
Sharon Hom, the Executive Director of Human Rights in China believes that the Chinese 'reform through labour' system is at the heart of the matter.
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But according to Sharon Hom, there are ways of making sure that those products you buy have been ethically produced. Certain manufacturers and retail outlets are doing better than others.
"Some companies have ethical sourcing or use independent monitoring of their supply chain. So a consumer, as we come into the holiday season, should do a little extra work and go online and check out whether these brands have these sort of protections in place."
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For more information on this issue:
- HRIC Press Release:
HRIC: UN Secretary General’s China Visit Needs Real Human Rights Focus - China Rights Forum, No.2, 2005:
Reform of the Reeducation Through Labor System - This HRIC brief explores the rationale and possible outcome of reforming a system routinely used to punish political and religious dissidents. - China Rights Forum, No.2, 2003:
Reassessing Reeducation Through Labor - Veron Mei-ying Hung finds support among China's legal professionals for abolishing this easily absued administrative sanction. - HRIC Report:
Empty Promises: human rights protections and China's criminal procedure law in practice
