Collective Work

Link between "Think Tanks" and corporations highlights corporate influence in the U.S.

Spreadsheets from one of the largest independent think tanks in Washington D.C., The Brookings Institution, listed multinational corporations including Microsoft, Wells Fargo and Alcoa as potential donors for their research as well as the potential benefits associated with reports that favorably...

Why the U.S won't hold HSBC accountable for money-laundering

A 288-page report from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee describes why the Department of Justice was coerced by HSBC representatives not to prosecute the bank and its directors.

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Jean Charest met with private panel to review a TransCanada Corp. pipeline project in Quebec.

TransCanada confirmed that it is paying Charest who has worked in some capacity from 2003 to 2012 as the Quebec Premier, further evidencing the connection between major political parties in Canada and the oil and gas industry.

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IFC Loan Leads to Forced Labor in Uzbekistan Cotton Industry

The government of Uzbekistan has partnered with Indorama Kokand Textile, a cotton processing corporation, to export cotton that stems from coercion of local fammers, as well as land and property seizures without compensation. The income of the sales from the cotton under Indorama are then...

ESCR-Net launches Corporate Capture research survey

The Corporate Capture Project of the ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group launched a...

ESCR-Net calls on OAE to encourage complementarity of Human Rights & Business initiatives, including UN Treaty

The Corporate Accountability Working Group of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) called on June 14 on the Organization of American States (OAS) to ensure OAS General Assembly resolutions...

ESCR-Net holds Latin America CSO regional consultation on a Treaty on human rights and business

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and ESCR-Net organized a...

Regional consultation in Latin America on a Treaty on Human Rights and Business

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New members of the Steering Committee of the Corporate Accountability Working Group

We are delighted to announce Al-Haq (Palestine), Green...

ESCR-Net demands security for Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro

ESCR-Net expresses deep concern regarding the current situation facing Gustavo Castro, a Mexican human rights activist who was injured during the...

ESCR-Net denounces assassination of Berta Cáceres, human rights defender

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) is deeply saddened to learn of the recent killing of Berta Cáceres, a dedicated human rights...

Thanks to all who participated in the 2015 Peoples' Forum!

Thank you to all who attended ESCR-Net's third annual 'Peoples’ Forum on Human Rights and Business' in Nairobi, Kenya from 26-28 October 2015! Over 75 members and...