U.S. Supreme Court rejects human rights suit against Occidental
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a human rights lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum Corp and a security contractor that had accused them of complicity in a deadly 1998 bombing by...
View ArticleTanzania: Villagers living in fear of eviction after company conducts uranium...
"Living in fear: Hushed plans to sell villagers` land to uranium explorers" Fear of eviction from their land by a uranium exploration company has made thousands of residents in six villages of Kwamtoro...
View ArticleWorking outline of Ireland's National Action Plan on Business and Human...
"Working Outline of Ireland’s National Plan on Business and Human Rights 2016-2019"
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"Minister Flanagan announces development of Ireland’s National Plan on Business and Human Rights" The Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Mr. Charles Flanagan, T.D., today marked International...
View ArticleIreland publishes working outline of Natl. Action Plan on Business & Human...
The Working Outline of Ireland’s National Plan on Business and Human Rights was published on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2015. Anyone wishing to make a submission on the Working Outline is invited...
View ArticleFrance: MPs approve public country-by-country reporting for companies to...
"French parliament approves public country-by-country-reporting", 4 Dec 2015 ..."French deputies have just taken a decisive step forwards in the fight against tax cheating. They have in effect adopted...
View ArticleUganda: Google’s free public Wi-Fi to make internet more accessible
"Google’s free public Wi-Fi to make internet more accessible" Internet users will no longer be bothered by high costs of accessing internet, thanks to Google’s campaign of introducing free public wi-fi...
View ArticleKenya: Employment agencies allowed to recruit domestic workers to Saudi...
"MPs plan safe haven for Kenyan workers in Saudi" Parliament wants the Treasury to set up a fund whose proceeds will be used to rescue Kenyan migrant workers stranded in the Middle East. The money...
View ArticleUSA: ABM, largest janitorial firm, to conduct outside review of rape claims...
"Sexual Abuse Claims to Face Outside Review at Nation’s Biggest Janitorial Firm", 11 Dec. 2015 The nation’s largest janitorial company has agreed to an outside review of rape claims made by its female...
View ArticleProfessor John Ruggie of Harvard Kennedy School to Develop Human Rights...
Harvard Kennedy School Professor and former United Nations top official on business and human rights John Ruggie has been asked by the world governing body of football, the Fédération Internationale...
View ArticleGlobal: Estudio del Programa de la ONU sobre medio ambiente sobre impactos...
“Nuevo estudio del PNUMA relaciona Cambio Climático y Derechos Humanos” …El informe elaborado por el PNUMA en colaboración con el Centro de Sabin para la Ley de Cambio Climático de la Escuela de Leyes...
View ArticleArgentina: Análisis del Cedha sobre el acuerdo de Paris sobre cambio climático
“Acuerdo en Paris y el futuro de la Tierra lo relevante del acuerdo y el día después” …El acuerdo es sin duda histórico y es crucial en la construcción de un mundo más justo…reconoce expresamente la...
View ArticleFree, prior & informed consent requires giving indigenous communities option...
"Getting to 'no' in mining and community consent", 24 Nov. 2015 When it comes to community consultation policies, mining companies are moving in the right direction – but one thing continues to be a...
View ArticleMéxico: Minera de oro de El Parián contamina agua y destruye el medio...
“Devasta minera “El Parián” a Río Sonora”, 13 de Diciembre de 2015 …Ejidatarios de la Comunidad de “Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe”, en el municipio de Bacoachi, denuncian devastación de flora, despojo y...
View ArticleMéxico: Posibles impactos negativos sociales y ambientales del libramiento...
“Consentida del calderonismo, aún con influencias”, 17 de Noviembre de 2015 …Cuatro kilómetros de carretera y dos túneles avanzan en un 30 por ciento de su construcción. “Libramiento Sur, segunda...
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