Supreme Court rejects Nevsun's appeal to hear forced labour case abroad

摘要

On Feb. 28, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled in favour of hearing a case against Nevsun Resources by former workers at its Bisha mine in a British Columbia court, and not in Eritrea where the mine is located. The lawsuit against Nevsun, which was acquired by Chinese company Zijin Mining in December 2018, was first filed by three Eritrean men in November 2014. The plaintiffs accused Nevsun of partnering with the Eritrean military and state-run contractors who deployed forced labour to build the mine. They allege that as military conscripts of the Eritrean government, they were forced to work for a military contractor at the mine and that Nevsun was complicit in their treatment.