Argentina: Nuevo informe sobre responsabilidad empresarial en crímenes de...
“Nuevo informe: responsabilidad empresarial en crímenes de lesa humanidad en la Argentina” Dueños, ejecutivos y gerentes de algunas empresas prominentes participaron activamente en violaciones a los...
View Article亚投行进展更新 — 环境和社会保障框架
截止10月底，已有54个国家正式签署了亚投行…的《亚洲基础设施投资银行协定…亚投行预计2015年年底正式运营，2016年第二季度开始贷款，首批项目将集中在电力、交通、供水三 大领域…9月初，亚投行在其官网发布《环境和社会保障框架》… 民间组织认为，亚投行多次对外承诺将采用高标准的治理规则，但从磋商程序的安排及框架草案看，这一承诺是否兑现还未可知…磋商程序是以...
View ArticleJob posting: Internship in Business and Human Rights [BIICL]
BIICL is undertaking a series of research projects on business and human rights issues. We are seeking some volunteer interns to provide assistance with these projects and related activities, as well...
View ArticleAustralia: Dialogue on business & human rights identifies rights in supply...
"2015 Australian Dialogue on Business and Human Rights", 14 Dec 2015 ...[I]n August 2015, the Global Compact Network Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission convened over 100...
View ArticleSAMSUNG, le leader mondial des smartphones, poursuivi pour pratiques...
Depuis 2013, Sherpa enquête sur les violations des droits de l'Homme qui seraient commises dans les usines Samsung. Après une plainte classée sans suite en décembre 2014, Indecosa-CGT et Sherpa citent...
View ArticleРоссия: 1 человек погиб, еще 7 пострадали в результате пожара в торговом центре
"Один человек погиб при пожаре в торговом центре Калининграда", 16 декабря 2015 года Одна женщина погибла и несколько человек попали в больницы после пожара в торговом центре в Калининграде, сообщил...
View Article日本：日本企業がおちいりがちな4つの罠
The first of a four part series outlines the four major "traps" that Japanese companies tend to fall into when operating overseas, and lead to human rights issues.
View ArticleJapan: Four piece series on business and human rights in newsletter of...
In a series of four articles to be published in the newsletter of the International Movement against All Forms Racism and Discrimination (IMADR), the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre...
View ArticleKenya: Court orders Bidco Oil Refineries to compensate family of former...
"Bidco ordered to pay family Sh1.1 million after staffer's body found in store" Bidco Oil Refineries has been ordered to pay Sh1.1 million damages to the family of an employee found dead in one of its...
View ArticleIllegal and indispensable: impressions from India on migrant recruiters
Much of recent human rights research and reporting on migrant labor in the Gulf has revolved around working conditions for laborers upon arrival. But very little is known about how these migrants are...
View ArticleMéxico: Juez ordena suspensión de parque eólico en Oaxaca por posible abusos...
“Juez ordena suspender parque eólico en Juchitán, Oaxaca; es un logro de pueblos indígenas: ONG”, 16 de Diciembre de 2015 …El Juez Séptimo de Distrito en Oaxaca dictaminó…suspender de manera definitiva...
View ArticleCosta Rica: Tribunal ambiental ordena medidas cautelares contra piñera...
“Tribunal ambiental ordenó a piñera en Santa Rosa suspender el uso de agroquímicos”, 16 de Diciembre de 2015 …En mayo de este año…[un] diputado…presentó una denuncia ante el Tribunal Ambiental...
View Articlefull report: "Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Bangladesh’s Forgotten Apparel...
...In a June 2015 survey of two sub-districts of Dhaka, 32% of the 479 factories surveyed were informal subcontractors. 91% of informal factories produced at least partly for export. Informal...
View ArticlePress release: Thousands of Unregulated Bangladeshi Factories Are Putting...
There are more than 7,000 garment factories in Bangladesh producing for the global fashion industry, 65% more than previous estimates. More than half of these factories are small and medium-sized...
View ArticleBeyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Bangladesh’s Forgotten Apparel Workers
A report and interactive map launched by NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights in December 2015 revealed that there are more than 7,000 garment factories in Bangladesh producing for the...
View ArticleOutcome appeal against Shell: victory for the environment and the Nigerian...
Four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands welcome today’s ruling by the Court of Appeals in The Hague allowing them to jointly sue Shell in the Netherlands for causing extensive oil...
View ArticleDutch appeals court says Shell may be held liable for oil spills in Nigeria
A Dutch appeals court ruled on Friday that Royal Dutch Shell can be held liable for oil spills at its subsidiary in Nigeria, potentially opening the way for other compensation claims against the...
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