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Oct

2017

Webinar on UN legally binding instrument on TNCs and other business enterprises

Dear supporter of the UN legally binding instrument on TNCs and other business enterprises,

As you might know, this October (23-27^th) will mark the start of the discussion on the content elements of the Treaty. After two consultative sessions in 2015...

CESCR issues new guidance to States on how to apply their ESCR obligations to business activities

In June 2017, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) adopted its General Comment No. 24 on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic,...

African Commission grants landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to DRC massacre victims

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of over 70 people in Kilwa, in the southeast of the country, and granted a landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to the victims and...

Talk is Cheap: How G20 Governments are Financing Climate Disaster

Oil Change International, Friends of the Earth-U.S., Sierra Club, and the WWF European Policy Office with the assistance of other NGOs collaborated to produce a report...

Beyond Compliance: Effective reporting under the Modern Slavery Act

This report was published in 2016 as a guide for business on reporting under the Modern Slavery Act of 2015. Slavery and forced labor is an extensive problem in the United Kingdom. In 2015, NGOs campaigned for the Act to require businesses to report on what they are doing to...

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CORE publishes short guides reporting on modern slavery

The Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) collaborated with Anti-Slavery International, Unicef UK, and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre to...

Asian civil society organizations convene workshop in Thailand on accountability for development harms

Representatives from 35 civil society organizations and community groups based in 11 countries in South and Southeast Asia participated in a workshop on how individuals and communities harmed by development projects can seek recourse. Several ESCR-Net members, including...

Jun

2017

Business responsibility to respect human rights: Challenges and opportunities six years after the adoption of UNGPs. A dialogue to move forward

After the adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGP) in 2011, standards on business responsibility to respect human rights and human rights due diligence have taken a prominent place in the global debate on business accountability. Many companies claim...

Jun

2017

Human Rights impacts of corporate activities in Mexico

The Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and Research (PODER) is pleased to invite you to join us in a side-event during the 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council on June 9th in Geneva.

Together with other organizations, human rights defenders and...

Jun

2017

Challenges and opportunities six years after the UNGPs adoption: promoting dialogue to move forward

The corporate responsibility to respect. Side-event to the session of the Human Rights Council.

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