Perú: Comunidades cuestionan oferta de inversión en salud y postura de...
“Tía María: Alcalde de Arequipa trata de quedar bien con valle de Tambo y Southern” …Ayer, tras una sesión de concejo en la Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa (MPA), el burgomaestre intentó zafarse...
View ArticleGuatemala: Intl. unions condemn murder of Guatemalan union leader Brenda...
“Guatemalan union leader’s murder a ‘cowardly act’”, 23 Jun 2016 The murder of Brenda Marleni Estrada Tambito….of the Trade Union of Workers of Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA / HISTORICA), was a “cowardly...
View ArticleMéxico: Según autoridades, 42% de mujeres en maquilas sufre violencia; C&A...
“Sufre violencia 42% de las trabajadoras en maquilas”, 23 de Junio de 2016 …Alrededor de 42% de las mujeres que trabajan en las maquilas mexicanas sufre violencia de sus empleadores, según la Comisión...
View ArticleChile: Corte Suprema de Justicia confirma fallo contra Anglo American y le...
“Suprema ratificó condena a Anglo American para reparar daño ambiental en Nogales” …En fallo unánime, la Sala Constitucional del máximo tribunal respaldó el fallo dictado por el 21° Juzgado Civil de...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Población LGBTI con dificultades para encontrar empleo por falta...
“Orientación sexual definida, un requisito para trabajar en El Salvador”, 23 de Junio e 2016 La comunidad LGBTI en El Salvador no cuenta con oportunidades laborales, esto a raíz de la falta de...
View ArticleChile: Municipalidad de Quintero insistirá en demanda contra ENAP por...
“Por segunda vez el Tribunal Ambiental rechaza demanda municipal por derrame” Como “inconcebible” calificó el abogado de la Municipalidad de Quintero, Luis Araya, la determinación del Tribunal...
View ArticleEspaña: Sociedad Civil presenta iniciativa para un centro independiente que...
“Empresas y derechos humanos: porqué la autorregulación no funciona”, 21 de Junio de 2016 …Por un lado, más de 3.400 Acuerdos y Tratados protegen las inversiones a nivel global, estableciendo marcos...
View ArticleChile: Tras años de enfrentar los efectos en la salud por desechos tóxicos de...
“Caso Polimetales: Afectados exigen encapsular desechos tóxicos” Durante 1984…Boliden firmó un contrato con la compañía Promel Ltda., con el fin de introducir 21 mil toneladas de desechos mineros en...
View ArticleBotswana: 1 mine worker injured at BCL; union calls for govt. to look into...
"Strong calls for Botswana to look into miners' welfare", 23 June 2016 The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) has urged government to set up a bargaining council to safeguard the welfare of workers who...
View ArticleInvasion of mines shows systemic failure by the govt. to judiciously manage...
"Invasion of mines is systemic failure", 25 April 2016 The invasion of some large-scale mining companies’ concessions in the country by illegal miners is a reflection and spillover effect of the...
View ArticleGhana: AngloGold Ashanti petitions World Bank body against mine invasion; NGO...
Illegal miners in Ghana have of late been occupying mining concessions belonging to orgnised corporate bodies and multinational companies. At lease 9 illegal miners have been reported dead within...
View ArticleUganda: Local leader claims communities from oil-rich region yet to benefit
"We are mere spectators, says Nwoya District Chairman" …Patrick Okello Oryema, the Nwoya district Chairman complains about what he perceives as systematic exclusion of his people and region from...
View ArticleTanzania: ActionAid celebrates collapse of EcoEnergy's sugar project that...
"ActionAid USA celebrates the collapse of Bagamoyo sugar project" ActionAid USA which has been campaigning against the project because of allegations of land grabbing by the Swedish company, hailed the...
View ArticleMalawi: Civil society groups raise concern over access to information and...
Civil society groups in Malawi have raised concerns about lack of access to infromation about awarding of oil exploration contracts in Lake Malawi.
View ArticleMalawi: Leader says local not benefiting from Mchenga Coal Mine
"MP Kamlepo wants Malawi Coal Mine deal renegotiated: Mchenga is not benefitting locals" Malawi government should renegotiate Mchenga Coal Mine deal so that it should benefit surrounding communities in...
View ArticleReport says few companies implementing UN Guiding Principles on Business &...
IPIS vzw and ActionAid Uganda have published a third in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda’s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vzw and...
View ArticleImplementing corporate responsibility to respect human rights in Uganda's oil...
"Business, Human Rights and Uganda's oil. Part III: Respect and Remedy: Implementing corporate responsibility under the UN Framework on Business and Human" The following is the third in a series of...
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"Respect and Remedy: Implementing corporate responsibility under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights" Although many companies have endorsed the UNGPs, in the years since they were published...
View ArticleResponse by Deutsche Bank
Red Rock Resorts, Inc. recently completed its initial public offering. As a result of that transaction, German American Capital Corporation relinquished the governance rights with respect to Station...
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