Brazil: UN Working Group ends visit saying that economic development should...
“Statement at the end of visit to Brazil by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights”, 16 December 2015 ...[W]e...ended our ten-day visit to Brazil...to support efforts of the...
View ArticleBrazil: UN Working Group ends visit saying that economic development should...
The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights visited Brazil from 7-16 December 2015. At the end of the visit, the group - who met with victims, human rights defenders, civil society,...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: Les populations sensibilisées sur le travail des enfants dans...
"Travail des enfants dans les sites d’orpaillage au Centre-nord : Sensibilisation à travers une causerie éducative à Mané", 15 décembre 2015 Des autorités communales et villageoises...des délégués...
View ArticleColombian Agency for Reintegration reveals best companies that offer jobs to...
[This is an unofficial translation by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre of the original news in Spanish] “Emab, a Company amongst the 20 best companies offering jobs to demobilised...
View ArticleРоссия: 15 человека пострадали при пожаре в торговом центре "Ника"
"Пятнадцать человек пострадали при пожаре в сочинском ТЦ", 22 декабря 2015 года Число пострадавших в результате пожара в торговом центре в Сочи достигло пятнадцати человек. Об этом "Интерфаксу"сообщили...
View ArticleReport evaluates remedies for rights abuses by companies; highlights...
"What is Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuses? Listening to Community Voices: A Field Report" Earlier this year, ACCESS partnered with Columbia University's School of International and Public...
View ArticleMyanmar: 107 organizations demand suspension of Kyaukphyu special economic...
“NGOs Seek Kyaukphyu SEZ Delay as President Pushes Implementation” A coalition of 107 nonprofit organizations has demanded that the Kyaukphyu special economic zone (SEZ) project be suspended until...
View ArticleCambodia: Human Rights Watch calls on govt. to revise draft union law to...
“Cambodia: Revise Union Law to Protect Worker Rights”, 17 Dec 2015 The Cambodian government should revise the draft trade union law submitted to the National Assembly to ensure it fully protects all...
View ArticleLes ONG demandent de plus en plus aux multinationales de respecter les droits...
« Droits humains - Transparence : les ONG, ces sentinelles », 15 décembre 2015 ...[F]ace à la montée en puissance des acteurs transnationaux, les ONG multiplient les rapports circonstanciés et les...
View ArticleBelgique : 21 entreprises reçoivent le label de la diversité pour leurs...
« 21 entreprises récompensées pour leur lutte contre la discrimination à l'embauche », 18 décemebre 2015 La Région bruxelloise et Actiris décernent le label de la diversité. Un prix qui récompense les...
View ArticleKenya: Family Bank donates cash for Kenyatta National Hospital's children's...
"Family Bank donates Sh4.3m children’s playground to KNH cancer unit" Family Bank has unveiled a Sh4.3 million children’s playground at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) cancer unit... Speaking...
View ArticleAfrica: States urged to strengthen legal protection for human rights defenders
“African States: Strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure enabling environment for HRDs” African States should strengthen legislative frameworks to ensure a safe and enabling environment for human...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Construction firms to be rated on treatment of migrant...
"Dubai firms get priority treatment for looking after workers", 18 Dec 2015 New details have been released about a scheme that will see Dubai construction firms rewarded for ensuring the good treatment...
View ArticleThis Software Startup Is Battling Slavery
Tech entrepreneurs are constantly talking about how they want to change the world, but critics regularly respond that such change is too narrowly-focused on speed, connectivity, and profit. So when we...
View ArticleTahoe Resources response
…For years, Tahoe Resources Inc. (Tahoe) and its Guatemalan subsidiary, Minera San Rafael (MSR), have been criticized by various non-governmental organizations that have misrepresented the facts...
View ArticleGuatemala: Human rights defender promoting indigenous peoples´ rights against...
Human rights defender, Pedro Rafael Maldonado, working at the NGO Legal, Environmental and Social Action Centre of Guatemala (CALAS) recently received death threats. The lawyer works in the legal...
View ArticleMexico: NGO claims Coca-Cola is misleading consumers to believe its products...
“Coca-Cola ads suggesting soda is made from apples lead to legal battles”, 19 Dec 2015 Coca-Cola has been accused of using legal manoeuvres to delay an official investigation into a misleading...
View ArticleMexico: Research finds wind energy in Oaxaca could have negative impacts on...
“Defining and addressing community opposition to wind development in Oaxaca”, Nov 2015 …For the first time since the 1930s, Mexico’s energy resources are open to foreign development and investment….One...
View ArticleMéxico: Minera de New Gold cerraría actividades en 2016; por décadas locales...
“Diez años después de denuncias en su contra, cerrará la minera San Xavier”, 17 de Diciembre de 2015 …La Minera San Xavier [parte de New Gold], que explota un filón de oro y plata a tajo abierto en el...
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