nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/31016a85789c0cf6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250923s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/31016a85789c0cf6 doi eng 342 23 Dimoulis, Dimitri Author aut The Realm of Good Intentions - Reflections on the Volkswagen Do Brasil Decision Dimoulis, Dimitri Verfassungsblog 2025-09-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A recent decision by a Brazilian labour court fined Volkswagen do Brasil approximately US$ 30 million to be paid into a State fund to combat slave labour. This decision was praised on Verfassungsblog by Danielle Pamplona and Hartmut Rank (“historic, consistent, and necessary”). However, I would like to put forward an alternative view, as I believe the decision has two flaws: it does not comply with Brazilian law and lacks practical utility. CC BY-SA 4.0 Brazil Brazil Courts Human Rights Inter-American Court of Human Rights Menschenrechtsverletzung Volkswagen Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge | Hannover Volkswagen do Brasil (São Bernardo do Campo) | São Bernardo do Campo labour law slave labour (DE-588)4276272-8 gnd Menschenrechtsverletzung (DE-588)1279971673 gnd Volkswagen AG. Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge | Hannover (DE-588)2092979-1 gnd Volkswagen do Brasil (São Bernardo do Campo) | São Bernardo do Campo Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/brazil-volkswagen-slave-labour/ raw object