Cambodia: Environmental activist alleges police harassment and seeks help...
"Anarchist" Activist Flees Village for UN, Alleging Harassment", 13 June 2017 An environmental activist branded an “anarchist” by a government spokesman said he fled to the U.N. human rights office in...
View ArticleMyanmar: Villagers protest against environmentally harmful rock quarry; lack...
"Mon State villagers fed up with detrimental rock quarries", 16 June 2017 Hundreds of Mon State residents staged a protest...demanding the immediate closure of what they claim is a deleterious rock...
View ArticleSo. Africa: Minister announces revisions to mining charter to enhance black...
"Miners Drop as South Africa Escalates Black Ownership Rule", 15 June 2017 South African regulators unveiled a new mining charter to force companies to give more ownership to black shareholders,...
View ArticleGambia: Communities protest against Swami India Company in a dispute over...
"Gambia: Communities Protest Against Estate Developer", 29 May 2017 The ownership of a vast area of land is being disputed by the communities of Bakoteh, Kolili and Sanchaba, against Swami India...
View ArticleGhana: Minister leads delegation to broker peace between Adina residents &...
"Minister leads delegation to broker peace between Adina residents & salt mining company", 7 June 2017 Volta Region Minister, Archibald Letsa, on Tuesday, led a team of negotiators to broker peace...
View ArticleQatar Blockade: Fears for Migrant Workers in a Region in Turmoil
Workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal are telling of essential food prices doubling with the sealing of the Saudi border and closure of air and sea links to Qatar. Food deliveries by costly air...
View ArticleShort Course on Business and Human Rights
The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will be hosting a Short Course on Business and Human Rights from 10 - 14 July 2017. The course will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, and will...
View ArticleUK: Companies’ failure to prevent human rights abuses by subsidiaries or...
"Climate Change on Corporate Behaviour", 19 Jun 2017 ...[T]he Joint Committee on Human Rights has asked the government to bring forward legislation criminalising one aspect of corporate behaviour that...
View ArticleEast Africa: Initiative to phase out use of mercury in artisanal mining will...
"East Africa leads effort to cut out use of mercury in mining" by Kennedy Senelwa, The East African, published 14 June 2017. East Africa is driving a global initiative to phase out the use of mercury...
View ArticleHungary: NGO examines negative consequences of new law on foreign-funded...
"What’s at stake? Hungary’s new Law on the Transparency of Organizations Supported from Abroad: A briefing paper by the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law", 15 Jun 2017 On 13 June 2017, Hungary’s...
View ArticleGlobal Witness Film Screening & Discussion: Myanmar - Jade and the Generals
A year into its term, Myanmar’s civilian-led government faces stiff challenges. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy swept to power on a wave of opposition to decades of military junta...
View Article日本：ビジネスと人権に関する国別行動計画への初期提言
国内と国外を問わず、ビジネスに関連する人権侵害が広く見られる深刻な状況の中、私たち市民社会のメン バーは、2016 年の G7 伊勢志摩サミットに際しても、日本国政府がすみやかに国別行動計画を策定するべき ことを要請してきましたが、その後、2016 年 11 月のビジネスと人権フォーラムの場で日本国政府から国別 行動計画を策定する旨の言明がなされ、同年 12...
View ArticleJapan: NGOs urge gov't to base NAP on UNGPs, stakeholder dialogue
In the 5th Forum on Business and Human Rights in November 2016, Ambassador Shino stated that Japan planned to formulate a NAP. The formulation of a NAP has also been included in as one planned measure...
View ArticleJapan: NGOs urge gov't to base NAP on UNGPs, dialogue with stakeholders
The Civil Society Platform for Japan's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (BHR-NAP Platform), a coalition of NGOs working on issues related to business and human rights, have submitted...
View ArticleFrance : Intégrer des salariés handicapés est un levier d’innovation pour...
« Handicap et entreprise quelle contribution à la stratégie », 12 juin 2017 " Handicap et entreprise : que faut-il changer pour que cela change? " Une conférence organisée par Creative Intersections et...
View ArticleKenya moving towards total reliance on renewable energy & proposed coal plant...
"Political economy of Lamu coal plant and why we don’t need it" Do we need a 1,000MW coal power plant? Our installed electricity generating capacity is 2,325MW. This excludes 310MW capacity of the Lake...
View ArticleMalawi submits its inaugural Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
Malawi has submitted its first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report was submitted to the Multi-Stakeholder Group. The report relates to the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, and...
View ArticleKenya: 300 families say they have agreed with govt. agency on relocation to...
"300 families move to withdraw from Malindi Airport land eviction case" About 300 families in Kwachocha have moved to court to withdraw orders stopping the eviction and compensation process for the...
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