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The legal battle to block the publication of the slave labor blacklist, which identifies companies found using contemporary forms of slavery, was the target of harsh criticism today, March 20, at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The complaint, made by Conectas Human Rights, comes just days after a new dispute in the Superior Labor Court involving the document. On March 7, the president of the court, Judge Ives Gandra Filho, suspended the publication of the list after the federal government filed two appeals against previous labor court rulings.<\/p>\n

According to the decision by the Superior Labor Court, the presidency has 120 days to \u201creformulate and streamline\u201d the decree that created the blacklist \u2013 which human rights organizations interpret as a maneuver to undermine the tool. Judge Gandra Filho\u2019s ruling was annulled on March 14 by another judge on the same court, Alberto Luiz Bresciani, after the Office of the Public Prosecutor for Labor Issues filed a request for an injunction. The federal government has still not appealed.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the ruling of Judge Ives Gandra Filho.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the ruling of Judge Alberto Luiz Bresciani.<\/p>\n

As far as Conectas is concerned, such an important tool in combating slave labor must not be vulnerable to legal disputes. According to the organization, the constitutionality of the list has been challenged in the past, but \u201cthis is the first time that the Federal Executive has sided with the interests of the corporate sectors that benefit from the suspension\u201d of the document.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny decision by the Judiciary to suspend the list on the grounds of its violation of individual liberties favors private corporations involved in slave labor in detriment of the most vulnerable\u201d in society, the organization told a full session of the Human Rights Council \u2013 a body on which Brazil serves as a Member State.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the oral statement made by Conectas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conectas also urged the Brazilian government \u201cto refrain from further weakening this fundamental mechanism during the work of the new group created to revise the regulation\u201d and described as \u201cunfounded\u201d the argument put forward by the government, and accepted by Judge Gandra Filho, that the publication of the blacklist infringes on the right of defense and on due legal process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn May 2016, the list was updated. Due process was strengthened and a 1-year grace period was created,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong-standing commitment\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Brazilian diplomatic mission in Geneva requested the right of reply after the complaint and stated that the country has a \u201clong-standing commitment\u201d to the eradication of slavery. It also said that the group appointed to revise the ministerial decree that created the blacklist should come up with a new version of the regulation by July.<\/p>\n

According to the government, the lack of a \u201csolid legal basis\u201d could lead to fresh legal disputes in the future \u2013 which justifies the changes being made to the regulation.<\/p>\n

The creation of the blacklist, 13 years ago, has already been acknowledged by the United Nations as an international reference in the combat of contemporary slavery. It is used by public and private banks and national and international companies to ensure the commitment of its clients, suppliers and commercial partners to human rights in the production chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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