Panamá: Suspenden llenado de la hidroeléctrica Barro Blanco, de Genisa, y...
“Represa Barro Blanco: diálogo esperanzador”, 30 de Junio de 2016 El llenado de la represa Barro Blanco se ha detenido y el gobierno panameño ofrece abrir una mesa de diálogo. Esto es una luz de...
View ArticleProvocan autoridades y empresas violencia contra comunidades originarias...
…Autoridades de la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (Sagarpa), así como las empresas de transgénicos y herbicidas, alientan la violencia de productores de...
View ArticleGuatemala: Hidroeléctrica Pojom, de la empresa PDHSA, ha tenido impactos...
Un reportaje por entregas describe diferentes posibles impactos negativos de la represa Pojom, de la empresa Promoción y Desarrollo Hídricos (PDHSA), en San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala. Entre los...
View ArticleCosta Rica: Estudio de la OIT expone discriminación laboral por orientación...
“En Costa Rica persiste la discriminación por orientación sexual”, 29 de Junio de 2016 En Costa Rica persiste hoy la discriminación laboral por motivos de orientación sexual, identidad y expresión de...
View ArticleGuatemala: Corte de Constitucionalidad confirma suspensión a proyecto minero...
“La Puya: una comunidad en resistencia, una empresa insistente”, 1 de Julio de 2016 Desde 2012 un grupo de vecinos acampó frente a la entrada de la mina Progreso VII Derivada, en La Puya, para defender...
View ArticleMéxico: Ejidatarios denuncian supuesto derrame de cianuro de mina First...
“Derrame de tóxico de mina mata a animales en Coahuila”, 1 de Julio de 2016 …Habitantes del ejido Tenochtitlán –ubicado en el municipio de Ocampo- denunciaron que una filtración de cianuro hacia los...
View ArticleMéxico: 16 familias se niegan a reubicarse a pesar de riesgos ocasionados por...
“Ni por todo el oro del mundo”, 1 de Julio de 2016 Roberto de la Rosa contempla su casa: una construcción de muros anchos y grietas en el techo …Esos muros desgastados resguardan la historia de un...
View ArticleHonduras: Civil society criticizes “false choice between rights &...
“Calls for the World Bank to suspend funding to Honduras amid continued human rights concerns”, 29 de Jun 2016 Civil society responds to World Bank president Jim Yong Kim statement on human rights...
View ArticleChina: Draft of controversial cybersecurity law requires business to comply...
"China moves closer to adopting controversial cyber security law", 27 Jun 2015 China on Monday moved closer to adopting a controversial cyber security law after its parliament held a second reading of...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Precarious work conditions in fireworks' factories reported
Kimbulapitiya...village in the south of the island is known all over Sri Lanka as rathinna gammanaya - literally, the "fireworks village"...However, when Kimbulapitiya makes headlines, it is rarely...
View ArticleTanzania: Guest allege racial discrimination at Sunrise Beach Resort; hotel...
"“Hotels that discriminate over race are a disgrace” [The Tanzanian] economy is under threat from cartels of corrupt and unethical civil servants in cahoots with the private sector. Enclaves of...
View ArticlePartnerships to end forced labour in supply chains
This dynamic, interactive discussion will bring together government officials, senior policy-makers, businesses, trade unions and key stakeholders to discuss the range of strategies, challenges and...
View ArticleJBS response to KnowTheChain engagement questions
KnowTheChain invited 20 food and beverage companies to respond to engagement questions about their policies and processes on supply chain forced labour: the responses are considered in the evaluation...
View ArticleUK watchdog criticises G4S for misleading public over breach of human rights...
... In its first statement since publishing its findings last year, the UK NCP critically finds today that G4S has not implemented the two recommendations made to the Company which “were specific to...
View ArticleUK National Contact Point follow up statement after recommendations in...
...Where a Final Statement includes recommendations, or where an agreement between parties provides for it, the UK NCP approaches parties at a specified date to request an update. The NCP then...
View ArticleOil & gas sector increasingly aware of need to support staff’s mental health
"Mental Health Awareness Increasing Among Oil, Gas Industry", 5 Jul 2016 Mindfulness-based stress management is growing in popularity across the oil and gas industry as the sector responds to a rise in...
View ArticleUSA: Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sues CEO, alleging sexual harassment
"Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Sued For Sexual Harassment By Former Host Gretchen Carlson", 6 July 2016 Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson is accusing the network’s chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes, of...
View ArticleUS ban on imports made with slavery requires companies to heighten supplier...
"US forced labour ban requires supply chain scrutiny", 7 July 2016 Renewed interest in a US law banning the entry of imported goods made with forced or indentured labour requires manufacturers, US...
View ArticleWhy statistics and ranking governments aren't effective in the fight against...
“Worst-offender lists biased towards rich countries won’t help us fight slavery,” 30 Jun 2016 …Enthusiasm for measuring human exploitation and ranking governments on their performance is at an all-time...
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