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Asia Floor Wage Cambodia is a member of the Asia Floor Wage Alliance’s Steering Committee, on behalf of Cambodian garment workers employed in the global garment

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The final press statement from the Asia Floor Wage Alliance (1p.), complementary to judges' verdict, can be found here: http://t.co/101AiCWZ

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The below are selected recommendations. For the full document of judges findings, see: http://t.co/zZtd0UUN

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ILO should adopt the living wage as a key element in its work to promote "decent work" ane "better factories".

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Brands must go beyond codes of conduct and commit to the mandatory application of a living wage at all levels of the supply chain.

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Recommendations to brands: Monitoring of compliance should be more comprehensive, brands must move beyond good intentions-prioritise rights

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Recommendation to unions: Among others, to adopt a living wage concept in a bargaining strategy, and build bargaining power.

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Recommendation to govt 3: to launch an investigation into mass fainting, and to promote a regional floor wage within in the SE Asian region

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Recommendations to gov cont: address the use of short term contracts, take urgent steps to ensure union rights, set up a project on housing

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Recommendation to government: Legal frameworks should clearly define the right to a min living wage, including clear provision for family.

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Conclusions: the situation of garment workers in Cambodia amounts to a systematic violation of a fundamental right to a decent human life.

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Chief judge: Despite evidence of the facts, and a clear legal context for these rights, there is a disregard by all parties of human dignity

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Judge: “Our view is that the buyers are violating the laws of this country and international laws.”

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"If we put the labour law all together, it must be concluded that a living wage is guaranteed. Human dignity is the key."

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Pr. Boehringer, Macquarie Law School:
"possible to say that a living wage is a human right. Without it, you cannot enjoy many human rights."

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Under international law, it is possible to see a living wage as a human right. A living wage is simply the basis for human dignity.

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Judge Boehringer: It is important to contrast what goes on in the dark in factories with international legal context.

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Judge Gill H. Boehringer

"We need the international attention on what is happening in these factories every day."

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Living wage is not only a battle between formulas. It would be obvious to add at least a living wage of 120$.

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...Yet, we feel that the garment industry, as it represents up to 80% of export, could be a place where solutions to poverty are tested.