Moçambique: Ministro fala em encontro para setor privado e sociedade civil...
“Moçambique perde anualmente mais de 219 mil hectares de floresta”, 16 de dezembro de 2015 Moçambique perde anualmente mais de 219 mil hectares de floresta devido à exploração ilegal de...
View ArticleBanned & dangerous weapons found for sale on Amazon.co.uk
Banned and dangerous weapons, many of them disguised as everyday items, are being routinely and illegally sold to online shoppers on Amazon.co.uk, a Guardian investigation has found. Illegal weapons,...
View ArticleABN AMRO Bank publishes guidance on human rights in its supply chain
“ABN AMRO and Human Rights”, 1 Dec 2015 We want to have a favourable impact on people’s lives…But we also recognise that our bank may be connected to practices that harm people’s fundamental dignity:...
View ArticleWeekly Update - 16 December: Accountability lacking for UK firms abroad
Our run down of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses (including from Barrick Gold, Rio Tinto, Lexmark and adidas); the latest jobs;...
View ArticleArmenia: Local residents raise concerns over water pollution hazards posed by...
"Canadian «Centerra Gold» Mining Company Came to Armenia", 2 December 2015 Gomq and Artavan communities residents, Vayots Dzor Region, are concerned with the geoprospecting works in their residential...
View ArticleАрмения: Местные жители выступают против эксплуатации компанией "Сентера...
"Канадская добывающая компания Centerra Gold пришла в Армению", 2 декабря 2015 года Жители общин Гомк и Артаван Вайоц дзорского марза обеспокоены тем, что на территории их общин должны проводиться...
View ArticleCommentary: Addressing climate change through corporate legal accountability
“Post Paris climate talks, how to take charge through climate litigation”, 15 Dec 2015 …Amid uncertainty about how the agreement reached at the COP21 Paris climate conference will be implemented, civil...
View ArticleLa FIFA fait appel à John Ruggie, ancien représentant spécial de l’ONU, pour...
« La FIFA veut inclure les droits de l'homme dans ses critères de sélection », 14 décembre 2015 La FIFA veut inclure les droits de l'homme dans ses critères de sélection pour l'organisation de la Coupe...
View ArticleFifa appoint Harvard professor to improve human rights policies
Crisis-hit Fifa has appointed a Harvard professor to oversee an independent review that will recommend ways of embedding United Nations human rights protocols into its policies and practices. With...
View ArticleFIFA Hires Ruggie to Review Business Practices
In an effort to shore up its bona fides on the human rights front with upcoming tournaments in Russia and Qatar on its schedule, soccer’s world governing body has hired a professor at Harvard’s...
View ArticlePhilippines: Various climate change legal actions “open doors for victims to...
“Climate justice”, 13 Dec 2015 …[T]he Commission on Human Rights announced…it would launch an investigation into the top 50 big polluters, a step which could hold fossil fuel companies responsible for...
View ArticleOpen letter from Puvan Selvanathan to President of the UN Human Rights Council
I joined fellow mandate holders in issuing a statement last week “As the Covenants turn 50, it is time to turn norms into action”. In that statement we highlighted that many good things have happened...
View ArticleThailand: Farmers protest against GMO bill for failing to account for...
“Farmers protest against bill on GMO farming”, 10 Dec 2015 OPPONENTS to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) turned up in full force at key sites in 47 provinces…to demand that Prime Minister General...
View ArticleModern Slavery: Putting Effective Due Diligence in Place
This half day course is aimed at representatives of businesses that are impacted by the Modern Slavery Act. - Gain confidence about what actions you and your company can take on modern slavery - Find...
View ArticleOptimisation fiscale : l'Assemblée rejette le «reporting» pays pas pays
L'Assemblée nationale a rejeté mardi l'obligation de rendre publics les activités et impôts payés pays par pays pour les grandes entreprises, après un premier vote favorable. Le gouvernement avait en...
View ArticleEvasion fiscale : le couac du gouvernement
Les députés avaient voté un amendement permettant de lutter contre l'optimisation fiscale. Le gouvernement a exigé dans la nuit un deuxième vote pour retoquer la mesure...Vendredi 4 décembre, dans le...
View ArticleOptimisation fiscale : le reporting pays par pays des entreprises ne sera pas...
Après avoir voté deux fois pour, les députés ont finalement enterré le reporting public des entreprises pays par pays. En cause, une intervention du gouvernement qui a suspendu la séance d’hier soir...
View ArticleColombia: Emgesa acata la orden de la Corte Constitucional y suspende las...
“Emgesa suspendió operaciones de Hidroeléctrica El Quimbo” A las 0:00 horas de este miércoles 16 de diciembre, Emgesa [parte de Endesa, parte de Enel], tomó la decisión de suspender la prestación del...
View ArticleNew research: "Business responsibility in crimes against humanity in Argentina”
“New research: Business responsibility in crimes against humanity in Argentina” Owners, executives and managers of some prominent companies actively participated in the human rights violations...
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