Brasil: Estudo da resseguradora Terra Brasis alega grande probabilidade da...
“A TRAGÉDIA EM NÚMEROS-Seguro cobre 8,3% dos danos de Mariana, estima Terra Brasis-Em relatório, perdas seguradas são estimadas em R$ 2,25 bi, e totais, em R$ 26,2 bi; análise indica que Samarco não...
View ArticleBrazil: Response by Samarco, BHP Biliton and Vale on the agreement with govt....
“Explanatory Note – Framework Agreement Samarco Mineração S.A. ”, 23 June 2016 The Fundão dam break…[in]…2015 was a tragic event that caused social and environmental impacts…Samarco, Vale and BHP are...
View ArticleBrazil: NGOs appeal to ONU claiming agreement between govt., Samarco, Vale...
“Doce River, Agreement overlooks victims-In an appeal to the UN, NGOs claim settlement agreement is incompatible with international standards for remedying human rights violations”, 19 May 2016 The...
View ArticleBrazil: Civil society groups appeal to UN criticizing agreement over dam...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Samarco, Vale and BHP Billiton to respond to new allegations of abuses related to the socioenvironmental disaster caused by the collapse of an iron...
View ArticleDebate on necessity of binding intl. convention to ensure labour standards in...
“Roundtable: do we need a binding convention on decent work in global supply chains?” 27 Jun 2016 In our first question, respondents debate whether a binding international convention is necessary to...
View ArticleColombia: ONG recomienda remediación de Cerrejón en informe sobre impactos de...
Un informe del CINEP y el Programa por la Paz de 4 años de investigación señala impactos en la salud y el ambiente derivados de la explotación de carbón a cielo abierto por Cerrejón (parte de Anglo...
View ArticleUnión Europea: Amnistía Internacional dice que el acuerdo normativo sobre...
“Amnistía Internacional critica el acuerdo de la UE sobre normativa de minerales en conflicto” Amnistía Internacional ha expresado que tras meses de negociaciones, las instituciones europeas han...
View ArticleArgentina: Coca-Cola anuncia que promoverá cambios en consumo de azúcar con...
“Coca-Cola cambia su estrategia para promover una transformación en los hábitos de consumo” Coca-Cola presentó su nueva estrategia de negocios de "marca única", con la que busca promover e impulsar sus...
View ArticleNigeria: Oil spills victims take 8 multinational companies to the National...
"Nigeria: 8 Multinational Oil Firms Urged to Pay N34 Trillion As Compensation for Oil Spill", 28 June 2016 Eight multi-national oil companies operating in Akwa Ibom State have been dragged to the...
View ArticleEgypt: Habi Center requests Environmental Affairs Agency to disclose...
In the context of the correspondences between Habi Center for Environmental Rights and The Environmental Affairs Agency (EAA) regarding the environmental and human rights violations committed by...
View ArticleZambia Alternative Mining Indaba urges govt. to curb illicit financial flows...
Zambian NGOs and other stakeholders, from 23 to 26 June 2016, held the 5th Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI) under the theme, “Our natural resources our future: Extraction for sustainable...
View ArticleParticipants at the Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba urge more concerted...
"Zambia civil society organizations urge more concerted efforts to curb illicit financial flows", 30 June 2016 [O]rganizations...meeting under the auspices of the Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba,...
View ArticleBrasil: ONGs denunciam na ONU remoções forçadas, restrições a liberdades...
“Jogos da Exclusão-Organizações denunciam na ONU violações e restrições a direitos nos preparativos dos Jogos Olímpicos”, 28 de junho de 2016 Faltando pouco mais de um mês para o início dos Jogos...
View ArticleKosmos Engages with the Norwegian Council on Ethics Regarding Western Sahara
Kosmos Energy fundamentally disagrees with the Norwegian Council on Ethics' assessment of our activities offshore Western Sahara and its divestment recommendation. The Council's decision is...
View ArticleComplicity of War Crimes: Criminal Complaint against a French Technology Company
A Palestinian family, with the support of the ACAT and represented by the Paris-based law firm Ancile-avocats, have filed a criminal complaint against the French company Exxelia Technologies. They...
View ArticleWeekly Update - 29 June 2016: Brexit's potential impacts on business & human...
Our run down of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses (including from adidas, BHP Billiton, Samarco, Vale, Deutsche Bank, Google,...
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