Case No Country OTH 7/2014 15/07/2014 Other JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Business enterprises; Migrants; Slavery; Trafficking; Alleged trafficking of migrant workers for the purpose of labour exploitation and debt bondage by Natural Fruit Company Ltd.; alleged civil and criminal charges brought by Natural Fruit Company Ltd. against a human rights defender. According to the information received, Natural Fruit Company Ltd. has confiscated migrant workers’ identification documents and work permits and placed them into debt bondage. The company allegedly continues to be in violation of Thai labour laws with regards to minimum wages, working hours, entitlement to paid sick leave and conditions of work. In addition, Mr. Andy Hall, a human rights defender and lead-researcher in Thailand for Finnwatch, a Finnish non-governmental organization focusing on corporate responsibility, has faced a series of civil and criminal charges brought by Natural Fruit Company Ltd. after publication of the Finnwatch report “Cheap has a high price: Responsibility problems relating to international private label products and food production in Thailand.” Natural Fruit Company Ltd. was one of the companies investigated for this report. Mr. Hall was the subject of an earlier communication sent to the Government of Thailand on 26 April 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. THA 4/2013. A second communication was sent to Vita Food Factory, another Thai business enterprise, which faces similar allegations of human rights abuses, on 15 July 2014, see above, case no. OTH 6/2014. Natural Fruit Company Ltd. and Vita Food Factory were the subjects of a previous communication sent to the Government of Thailand on 7 April 2014, see a/HRC/27/72, case no. THA 2/2014. Reply A/HRC/28/85 36 Date Type