México: 48 comunidades de Oaxaca rechazan concesiones y proyectos mineros...
“Comunidades exigen frenar proyectos mineros en Oaxaca”, 1 de Febrero de 2016 Habitantes de 48 comunidades y representantes de 30 organizaciones exigieron la cancelación de las más de 400 concesiones y...
View ArticleMéxico: ICAR y PODER se unen para apoyar el desarrollo de un Plan Nacional de...
“ICAR y PODER se unen para apoyar el desarrollo de un Plan Nacional de Acción sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos en México”, 3 de Febrero de 2016 La Mesa Internacional para la Rendición de Cuentas...
View ArticleWebinar: Children’s Rights in Media & Marketing
Please join us for an interesting discussion with leading experts on children’s rights in media and marketing. We will hear how child-related issues within social media, marketing and product...
View ArticleBusiness Coaching: Human Rights Due Diligence in Practice
Identify the human rights risks and impacts of your business and strengthen your management systems Businesses operating globally are facing the challenge to assess and manage the impacts of their...
View ArticleChina: Xing Ang Shoe Factory closure not matched by mass protests, as workers...
“What happens when the boss actually abides by the law during a factory closure in China?“, 1 Feb 2016 …Xing Ang is just one of thousands of factories in the Pearl River Delta that have closed down...
View ArticleBrasil: Fiscalía acusará a empresas Vale y BHP Billiton por delito de...
“Investigadores consideran "homicidio" las muertes por ruptura de dique minero en Brasil” Los 17 muertos y dos desaparecidos que dejó la ruptura de dos diques de contención minera en noviembre en el...
View ArticleKenya: UN Committee on Rights of the Child concerned over increased use of...
"The United Nations raises alarm about the lack of regulation and donor support in education in Kenya" The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) published last week a report...
View Article“Desechos de vía hacia Hidroituango pararon en el río Cauca”
De acuerdo con una resolución de la Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales, el proyecto hidroléctrico Hidroituango, que se construye en el norte de Antioquia, generó una afectación ambiental por...
View ArticleColombia: Autoridades suspenden operación de Hidroituango por impactos...
Una decisión de la Agencia Nacional de Licencias Ambientales suspendió transitoriamente la operación de la hidroeléctrica Hidroituango, de Empresas Públicas de Medellín, hasta tanto ésta controle la...
View ArticleCoca-Cola’s Swaziland subsidiary helped it stay involved in apartheid So....
"Trade Secrets: Coca-Cola’s Hidden Formula for Avoiding Taxes", 3 Dec 2015 Companies like Coke financed the makings of the [apartheid] regime... Prime Minister John Vorster singled out these...
View ArticleHonduras: Garífunas describen impactos negativos y abusos en contra de...
“(Reportaje) Pueblo Garífuna enfrenta a corporaciones y al Estado de Honduras en defensa de sus tierras”, 3 de Febrero de 2016 El Estado hondureño se rehúsa a reconocer su condición de pueblo indígena...
View ArticleMéxico: Impiden que persona aborde vuelo “por usar turbante”; Aeroméxico se...
“Aeroméxico se disculpa con actor indio a quien impidió abordar por usar turbante”, 8 de Febrero de 2016 …Por “usar turbante”, el actor de origen indio-estadounidense…no pudo abordar un vuelo de...
View ArticleCarrying bricks, picking potatoes: all in a day's work for Syrian children in...
Officially, Lebanon is home to almost 1.2 million refugees, but unofficial estimates put it at more than 1.5 million. Given that its prewar population was just over 4 million, this is an overwhelming...
View ArticleUSA: Article highlights 5 companies taking action to support LGBT community
"Here Are 5 Companies Going Above And Beyond For The LGBT Community", 8 Feb 2016 ...[A] growing tide of advocacy has mounted in support of the LGBT community, thanks in no small part to activists and...
View ArticleMiners, tea pickers, brides: these children are slaves, not labourers
We’re only just into the new year but 2016 has already been marked by two particularly distressing UK media reports of child exploitation. On 5 January, the BBC reported on the exploitation of...
View ArticlePhilippines: Labour Commission finds hairstylist guilty of discriminating...
“HIV-positive worker wins labor discrimination case vs celebrity hairstylist, to get P600,000”, 7 Feb 2016 The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) has found popular hairstylist Ricky Reyes and...
View ArticleUK: Employment tribunal finds Starbucks discriminated against dyslexic employee
“Starbucks employee wins dyslexia discrimination case”, 9 Feb 2016 A woman with dyslexia has won a disability discrimination case against her employer Starbucks after she was accused of falsifying...
View ArticleUSA: Supreme Court temporarily blocks Obama's climate change plan to limit...
"Supreme court to block Obama's sweeping climate change plan", 9 Feb 2016 The supreme court agreed to block Barack Obama’s clean power plan on Tuesday, raising fears that the centrepiece of his climate...
View ArticleStriking Angkor Beer promoters 'fired'
Angkor beer promoters who have been demonstrating against lengthened working hours and short-term contracts…were fired for their strikes by Angkor’s parent company, Cambrew, an apparent direct...
View ArticleCambrew/Carlsberg continues to abuse workers’ rights in Cambodia
Angkor beer promotion women are on strike after Cambrew/Carlsberg introduced new policies that violate Cambodian Labour Law. Cambrew/Carlsberg has responded by firing the striking unionists. This is...
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