深耕勞動法研究的邱羽凡老師和長期致力於企業人權研究的Bonny老師於112下學期再度開設「供應鏈企業責任與國際人權」課程，本門課目標為介紹企業供應鏈人權責任在國際層面的發展，以及跨國企業供應鏈人權責任議題的監管法規發展，是以為建立修課同學對於企業社會責任、強迫勞動問題之改善與國際人權之維護的思維，舉辦了本次的講座活動，邀集IHRB的兩位研究員Guna Subramaniam、Neill Wilkins到現場與Bonny老師及羽凡老師對談，不僅針對2024年十大關鍵商業人權議題逐一討論，也針對台灣本土的企業人權議題進行說明與回應。
身為行動者，從台灣走向國際，此次將從現行家扶基金會之社會工作者張齡之分享於國際服務實踐的樣貌，以及帶出如何與現地NGO與國際INGO組織共同的合作經驗。接續，將由藝術工作者朱筱琪分享個人於中東的參與實踐，與現地NGO、當地參與者合作的想法與經歷，與加入國際非營利組織的歷程。
aiwan’s formal international labor migration began in March 1989 when the government pursued fourteen large infrastructural projects like Highway 3, the MRT, which utilize the broker system to hire a majority of Thai workers, with Filipinos and Indonesians. That year Taiwan signed the Taiwan Beneficial Relations Act (1989), designating favorable import quotas for the Philippines. By 1992, the process of hiring foreign migrant workers in construction, industry, domestic caretaking, and fisheries sectors became more formalized (Chen, 2006). While after 2005, such infrastructural construction projects slowed, the demand for labor in personal care services, SME factories and both long-and short haul fisheries sectors increased. While some receiving countries like Thailand and South Korea have moved toward Government to Government direct hiring systems through MOU processes and government run migrant worker services, Taiwan continues to utilize the private broker industry (recently amended direct employer hiring), waranting more careful study of broker and employer practices.These developments in Taiwan are rather public and can be followed in the news, but how do we study brokering as social practices. The talk will consider methodological challenges of accessing interviews with broker companies, developing trust with manpower agencies, employers, and migrant worker populations, as well as the demands of NGO/Union solidarity practices in research.
