Tratados comerciales “colisionan” con tratados de derechos humanos y...
“El TTIP, TPP, TISA, CETA…vulneran el sistema internacional de los derechos humanos”, 4 de Enero de 2015 Las autoridades encargadas de negociar el TTIP, TPP, CETA, TISA…ignoran el sistema internacional...
View ArticleMexico: Impacts on water, health & livelihoods continue after toxic spill of...
A new reportage exposes negative impacts of the toxic spill of the mine Buena Vista del Cobre, part of Grupo Mexico, in Sonora in 2014. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre previously invited...
View ArticleAfrique: Rapport de l'atelier sur la réglementation des entreprises de...
"Réglementation des entreprises de sécurité privées (ESP): augmenter et promouvoir l'engagement de la société civile. Atelier de travail avec les OSC Ouest africaines", 5 janvier 2016 Cet atelier s’est...
View ArticleAT&T calls on other multinationals to improve conditions for global LGBT...
"A Call For All Global Companies To Come Out For LGBT Inclusion", 5 Jan 2016 ...Serious challenges especially remain for LGBT people in the workplace...[T]here are still 28 states in the United States...
View ArticleKenya: Govt. agency petitions court to ban bars that sold alcohol to 5...
“Nacada: Arrest bar owners in Salgaa teens’ deaths” The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) has gone to court seeking orders to arrest owners of the clubs that...
View ArticleWorkplace exposure to toxic chemicals lawsuit (re Taiwan)
In April 2004, 529 workers from the “RCA Victims Aid Organisation” and their families filed a lawsuit against RCA (Radio Corporation of America), Technicolor, Technicolor USA (originally known as...
View ArticleMalawi: SOMO report claims Illovo Sugar evicted locals to expand sugar...
A report by SOMO alleges Illovo Sugar is complicit in evicting local farmers to pave way for sugarcane plantations. It also raises concerns about the company's sugar cane workers' working conditions....
View ArticlePhilippines: Hotels, restos join sustainable seafood advocacy
2 Dec 2015 Several top hotels and restaurants have banded together to join the advocacy for sustainable seafood harvest and environment-friendly fishing practices to protect valuable marine resources...
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Visión General de los Estudios Denominación del Estudio Propio Especialista en Cumplimiento normativo en materia penal Edición 1 ª (ECNMP-1) (I ed) Campo del Estudio Propio Ciencias Sociales y...
View ArticleMéxico: En libertad defensor de derechos humanos, encarcelado por 2 años,...
“Excarcelan a líder comunero que protestó contra minera china”, 3 de Enero de 2016 El líder comunero Gervacio Osuna Contreras salió del penal…luego de dos años y tres meses procesado por despojo. El...
View ArticleMéxico: Fundación denuncia impactos negativos a la salud de niños por el...
“Afirman que agroquímicos causan malformaciones congénitas en Quintana Roo”, 5 de Enero de 2016 …Cuando menos 16 niños han nacido con malformaciones congénitas debido al manejo y almacenamiento...
View ArticleMéxico: Alertan ONG por amenazas a opositoras a hidroeléctrica El Naranjal y...
“Alertan por amenazas a defensoras ambientales en Veracruz”, 6 de Enero de 2016 …Las profesoras están involucradas en la lucha contra la hidroeléctrica “El Naranjal” y otros megaproyectos…La Red de...
View ArticleIndia: Red Label, Yash Raj Films launch India's first transgender music band
Hindustan Unilever's tea brand Brooke Bond Red Label Red Label and Yash Raj Films (YRF) have come together to launch India's first transgender music band as a part of co-branded association...This...
View ArticlePhilippines: Greenpeace urges fishing companies to let seas “recover” from...
“Let sea recover, fishing companies urged”, 4 Jan 2016http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2016/01/04/1539111/let-sea-recover-fis... Environmental group Greenpeace is calling on the fishing industry to...
View ArticleMalaysia: Environmental Ministry to issue new operating procedures to reduce...
“New SOP to address bauxite pollution in 3 months, says deputy minister” The Natural Resources and Environmental Ministry will come out with a new standard operating procedure (SOP) to address issues...
View ArticleThai authorities detain, follow labour union leaders
Military and police officers have reportedly intimidated leaders of Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) several days after the committee investigated the detention of labour union leaders of an...
View ArticleCompanies face risk of litigation if they fail to make their website...
“The high cost of digital discrimination: why companies should care about web accessibility”, 31 Dec 2015 Every few months, a new lawsuit involving internet accessibility pops up…A 2011 survey by the...
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