Climate action must include a just transition for workers, says Unilever CEO...
"A changing climate for jobs", 2 Dec 2015 With the start of the COP21 climate change summit in Paris, we have the opportunity to create a new model where we can both tackle climate change and create...
View ArticleHow Can We End Modern Slavery by 2030?
In two new reports we are publishing to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, our organizations argue that slavery is embedded throughout the global economy...Modern slaves can be...
View ArticleUpdate on consultation on early drafts of OHCHR recommendations & guidance to...
A very successful round of consultations on the OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project took place in November 2015 in Geneva, following the fourth annual Forum on Business and Human Rights....
View ArticleNorway ratifies ILO forced labour protocol
"Norway ratification boosts the fight against modern slavery", 2 Dec 2015 On 18 November 2015, Norway ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Forced Labour Protocol, which strengthens...
View ArticleIntl. Day for the Abolition of Slavery: Calls to end modern slavery & human...
"On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us resolve to use the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a roadmap for stamping out root causes and freeing all enslaved people in...
View ArticleUN Secretary-General warns of enslavement & trafficking risks for refugees &...
"On Slavery Abolition Day, Ban warns of enslavement, trafficking risks for refugees, migrants", 2 Dec 2015 With more than 60 million people driven from their homes and millions more crossing borders to...
View ArticleUN Forum Series Blog: Time for the UNGPs to Grow Up? Tracking Children’s...
When the UNGPs were first conceived in 2008, the UN Human Rights Council called for “special attention to persons belong to vulnerable groups, in particular children.” Sadly, after a three-year...
View ArticleUN Forum Series Blog: Think before you measure!
I will use this blog to reflect on some of our experience, rather than theory, of working with large companies to find ways of measuring corporate practice on human rights. I don’t seek to claim that...
View ArticleCoca-Cola responde ante el polémico spot con comunidad mixe
…La empresa Coca-Cola México continúa resintiendo la polémica que generó un anuncio publicitario navideño grabado en parte en una comunidad de los indígenas mixe en Oaxaca. Los usuarios de redes...
View ArticleHonduras: Ataque contra defensor garífuna opositor a proyectos turísticos en...
“Caso atentado contra dirigente garífuna: Dirección Nacional de Investigación Criminal rechazó la denuncia aduciendo que el afectado se disparó nueve veces a sí mismo”, 1 de Diciembre de 2015 …La...
View ArticleGuatemala: Orden de captura contra ex jefe de seguridad de Minera San Rafael,...
“Fuga de Rotondo deja una estela de preguntas”, 2 de Diciembre de 2015 …La fuga del ex jefe de seguridad de la Minera San Rafael, el peruano Alberto Rotondo, trascendió el 30 de noviembre cuando se dio...
View ArticleРоссия: 4 человека погибли, еще 2 пострадали при взрыве на месторождении...
"Число жертв взрыва на месторождении "Газпрома"в ЯНАО увеличилось до четырех"Число погибших в результате взрыва на месторождении "Газпрома"в Ямало-Ненецком автономном округе увеличилось до четырех...
View ArticleEvasion fiscale : l'Assemblée vote la publication du "reporting" pays par pays
L'Assemblée nationale a voté ce vendredi, contre l'avis du gouvernement, l'obligation de rendre public le "reporting" pays par pays pour les grandes entreprises, en vue de lutter contre l'optimisation...
View ArticleLutte contre l’évasion fiscale : l’Assemblée nationale adopte une mesure...
Vendredi 4 décembre 2015, dans le cadre du Projet de Loi de Finances Rectificatif 2015, les députés français viennent de franchir un pas décisif dans la lutte contre l’évasion fiscale. Ils ont en...
View ArticleCommentary: "Why do we know so little about corporate human rights abuses?"
[W]hy is it so hard to find out where corporate human rights abuses are happening and prevent them? There's three major obstacles: 1. We Don't Know Where the Worst Violations are Happening ...We lack...
View ArticleUSA: Research measures outcomes of transnatl. human rights lawsuits from past...
“Measuring Transnational Human Rights”, 1 Dec 2015 …[H]undreds of transnational human rights civil suits…have been filed in the United States. Exhaustive qualitative research chronicles plaintiff...
View ArticleDanone’s approach to climate change leaves sour taste
Oxfam was disappointed by the weakness of French food giant Danone’s new climate change policy, released ahead of the climate negotiations in Paris. Oxfam said that the company’s policy does not...
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