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International Law and Nonstate Actors

U.S. Clothing Retailers Adopt Factory Safety Plan for Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 918 - 924
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

References

1 See U.S. Government Responds to Poor Working Conditions in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry, this issue.

2 The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (undated) is available online at the International Labor Rights Forum website, http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/resources/bangladesh-fire-and-building-safety-agreement.

3 Anne D’Innocenzio, Retailers Back Safety Plan for Bangladesh, Wash. Post, May 14, 2013, at A12; Steven Greenhouse, Wal-Mart Sets a Safety Plan in Bangladesh, N.Y. Times, May 15, 2013, at A 1; Brad Plumer, U.S. Chains Shun Bangladesh Reforms, Wash. Post, May 16, 2013, at A 12; Steven Greenhouse, U.S. Retailers See Big Risks in Safety Plan for Factories, N.Y. Times, May 23, 2013, at B1.

4 See Agora: Reflections on Kiobel, this issue; see also www.asil.org/AJIL_Unbound/KiobelAgora.

5 Steven Greenhouse, U.S. Retailers Announce New Factory Safety Plan, N.Y. Times, May 31, 2013, at B6; Steven Greenhouse & Stephanie Clifford, U.S. Retailers Offer Plan for Safety at Factories, N.Y. Times, July 11, 2013, at B 1; Katerina Sokou, U.S. Retailers Form Alliance on Factory Safety, Wash. Post, July 11, 2013, at A13.

6 Members Agreement for the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative (undated), available at http://www.bangladeshworkersafety.org/wp-content/uploads/Alliance-Member-Agreement-FINAL.pdf.