This interdisciplinary research project seeks to analyse the impact of globalised production and trade in the shape of global production networks on the responsibility of states and companies for labour rights. The mapping of these global production networks shows the linkages between different economic actors and helps to address issues of power and responsibility for labour rights. Empirical evidence has been gathered in the apparel and electronics sectors in Central and Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on Romania. First preliminary results indicate that industry dynamics in these sectors such as the „fast fashion“ model in the apparel industry have direct implications on labour rights. The speed and the high fluctuation of orders are passed on to the - mostly female - workers, leading to stressful conditions in a precarious working environment. Report (pdf)