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Feb 2010
- Danish Institute for Human Rights: Decision Map: Doing Business in High-Risk Human Rights Environments, 18 Feb 2010
- Amnesty International: The repression of ethnic minority activists in Myanmar, 16 Feb 2010
- Institute for Human Rights & Business: Moving Ahead Together: Evaluation of Business and Human Rights workshops within the Sino-Swiss Human Rights Dialogue, 15 Feb 2010
- Earthworks: [PDF] full report: "Tarnished Gold: Assessing the jewelry industry’s progress on ethical sourcing of metals", 10 Feb 2010
- Amnesty International: [PDF] full report: "Don't mine us out of existence" , 09 Feb 2010
-Vedanta response
- Amnesty International: [PDF] full report: “Undermining Rights: Forced evictions and police brutality around the Porgera gold mine” , 02 Feb 2010
- Barrick Response
- Somo: [PDF] Full SOMO report: "Rough Cut: Sustainability Issues in the Coloured Gemstone Industry" , Feb 2010
Jan 2010
- Global Witness: [PDF] Full report: Lessons UNlearned: How the UN and Member States must do more to end natural resource-fuelled conflicts, 27 Jan 2010
- ActionAid: Meals per gallon: The impact of industrial biofuels on people and global hunger, 25 Jan 2010
- Bench Marks Foundation, Cadre de Concertation, CAFOD: [PDF] Golden Opportunity or False Hope? [Dem. Rep. of Congo] , 25 Jan 2010
- King Khalid Foundation, SAGIA, and AccountAbility (Saudi Arabia): "The Saudi Responsible Competitiveness Index and the King Khalid Responsible Competitiveness Award 2010", 25 Jan 2010
- Stonewall (UK): "Stonewall top 100 Employers 2010: The Workplace Equality Index", 13 Jan 2010
- Human Rights Watch: "Unkept Promise: Failure to End Military Business Activity in Indonesia", 11 Jan 2010
- International Alert: [PDF] Intl. Alert report: "The role of the exploitation of natural resources in fuelling and prolonging crises in the Eastern DRC", January 2010
Dec 2009
- China Labor Watch: "Investment Giant KKR Profits from Dollar General's Poor Labor Record, Report Shows", 22 Dec 2009
- EIRIS: "A Risky Business? Managing core labour standards in company supply chain", 17 Dec 2009
- International Cocoa Initiative: "Clear reduction in hazardous child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast", 7 Dec 2009
Nov 2009
- Human Rights Watch: "Wild Money: The Human Rights Consequences of Illegal Logging and Corruption in Indonesia’s Forestry Sector", 30 Nov 2009
- CEE Bankwatch Network: "Between a rock and a hard place. How local communities pay the cost of EBRD-financed gold mining projects", 27 Nov 2009
- Account Ability, Sustainability Excellence (Jordan): "Responsible competitiveness in Jordan - Strategies for the banking, insurance and meat processing sectors", 01 Nov 2009
- Agribusiness Action Initiatives : [PDF] A Question of Governance: To Protect Agribusiness Profits or the Right to Food?, 01 Nov 2009
- Aktion fair spielt: "A long run-up - yet only a short leap forward [discussion paperon the ICTI CARE Process]", Nov 2009
- China Labor Watch: "Wal-Mart Standards Fail, Workers Suffer", Nov 2009
- [Français] Survival Intl.: "La plus dérangeante des vérités - Changement climatique et peuples indigènes", novembre 2009
- Heinrich Böll Foundation [PDF] full report: "Energy Futures? ENI's investments in tar sands and palm oil in the Congo basin", Nov 2009
- ENI Response (July 2009 response on Congo operations)
- Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility [PDF] UK and Irish supermarkets’ policies and practices regarding the sourcing of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, 16 Nov 2009
- Institute for Human Rights & Business [PDF] Preventing conflicts over land: Exploring the role of business & the value of human rights approaches, Nov 2009
- The Enough Project [PDF] From Mine to Mobile Phone - The Conflict Minerals Supply Chain, Nov 2009
Oct 2009
- Fair Labor Association: [PDF] Fair Labor Association releases annual public report, 06 Oct 2009
- Bank Track: [PDF] Submission by BankTrack to UN Special Representative Ruggie applying "protect, respect, remedy" framework to banks, 1 Oct 2009
- Pro Juventute and TRIAL: Playing by the Rules: Applying International Humanitarian Law to Video and Computer Games, October 2009
- International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights: [PDF] Advocacy Guide on Business and Human Rights in the United Nations - Part I: The Mandate of the Special Representative, Oct 2009
- [Español] Red Internacional para los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (Red-DESC): [PDF] Guía para la incidencia en temas de empresas y derechos humanos en el marco de las Naciones Unidas - Parte I: El mandato del Representante Especial, Oct 2009
Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): "Human Rights and Business and Ensuring Coherence", Oct 2009
- [Español] Federación Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, "Derechos Humanos y Empresas: Defender los Derechos Humanos y Garantizar la Coherencia", octubre 2009
- [Français] Fédération internationale des ligues de droits de l'homme (FIDH): "Droits de l’Homme et entreprises: Pour la cohérence et le respect des droits de l'Homme", octobre 2009
- Labour Behind the Label: [PDF] full report: "Let's Clean up Fashion 2009" , Oct 2009
- [Français] Partenariat Afrique Canada: [PDF] rapport complet : Les diamants et la sécurité humaine - Revue annuelle 2009, Oct 2009
- Polaris Institute: [PDF] Polaris Institute report: "How big business already wields significant power over the UN water agenda" , Oct 2009
- IKV Pax Christi and Netwerk Vlaanderen: [PDF] Report names 138 financial institutions that invest in cluster bomb producers , Oct 2009
- Human Rights Advocates: [DOC] Bridging Accountability Gaps – The Proliferation of Private Military and Security Companies and Ensuring Accountability for Human Rights Violations, Oct 2009
- Peuples Solidaires / Action Aid and Banafair: [PDF] Dole… Behind the Smoke-screen… What is new since our report on the company’s plantations in Latin America in 2006?, Oct 2009
- [Español] Peuples Solidaires/Action Aid y Banafair: [PDF] Dole…Detrás de la cortina de humo - Noticias después de nuestras investigaciones en las plantaciones en América Latina (2006), Oct 2009
- Dole response
- The Oakland Institute: [PDF] The Great Land Grab: Rush for world’s farmland threatens food security for the poor, Oct 2009
- London Mining Network [PDF] BHP Billiton: Undermining the future - Alternative Annual Report 2009, Oct 2009
–BHP Billiton Response
Sep 2009
- Christian Aid: "Getting Back on the Rails: The Private Sector and Development", 30 Sep 2009
- [Español] Consejo Internacional de Minería y Metales (ICMM): “Planificación del Cierre Integrado de Minas: Equipo de Herramientas”, 21 Sep 2009
- Human Rights Campaign: "Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index 2010: A Report Card on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in Corporate America", 14 Sep 2009
- Resource Consulting Services, Communities and Small Scale Mining Initiative, Crisis States Research Centre at London School of Economics (LSE), and Crisis Research Group at Ghent University: "International Community urged to Refocus on Security Sector Reform in Eastern Congol Interventions in the Mineral Trade not Enough to Stop the Conflict in Eastern DRC", 7 Sep 2009
- [Deutsch] Koordination Südliches Afrika: "Zuma-Regierung unterstützt Entschädigungs-Klage der Apartheid-Opfer in den USA", 03 Sep 2009
- Intl. Alert: "Harnessing Oil for Peace and Development in Uganda", 01 Sep 2009
- VIDS (Suriname): "Suriname's Bakuis Bauxite Mine: An Independent Review of SRK's Impact Assessment", 01 Sep 2009
- David van Vyk for Benchmarks Foundation for Social Corporate Responsibility: "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Diamond Mining Industry in Botswana", Sep 2009
- Earthrights Intl.: "Getting it Wrong: Flawed "Corporate Social Responsibility" and Misrepresentations Surrounding Total and Chevron's Yadana Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)", Sep 2009
- Earthrights Intl.: "Total Impact: The Human Rights, Environmental, and Financial Impacts," Sep 2009
- Rights & Accountability in Development: "Chinese Mining Operations in Katanga - Democratic Republic of Congo", Sep 2009
- [Français] Rights & Accountability in Development: "Les Entreprises Minières Chinoises au Katanga - République Démocratique du Congo", Sep 2009
- Christian Aid: [PDF] full report: “Undermining the poor” - says regressive tax regimes benefit extractive industries at expense of the poor, 27 Sept 2009
- Chemsec and Clean Production Action: [PDF] Greening Consumer Electronics-Moving away from Bromine and Chlorine, Sep 2009
- National Labor Committee Report: "Where Ships and Workers Go to Die - Shipbreaking in Bangladesh & The Failure of Global Institutions to Protect Worker Rights", Sep 2009
Aug 2009
- SACOM: [PDF] Hewlett-Packard Labor Rights Training Program: Delta Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. - CHINA , Aug 2009
- Plan International (Malawi): "Hard work, long hours and little pay", Aug 2009
Jul 2009
- Oxfam Hong Kong: "Good Fashion: A Guide to Being an Ethical Clothing Company", 30 Jul 2009
- Intl. Peace Institute: "Beyond Market Forces: Regulating Private Military and Security Companies", 29 Jul 2009
- National Labour Committee (USA): "National Labor Committee Report on 'Musa Garments'", 24 Jul 2009
- Human Rights Watch: "Well Oiled - Oil and Human Rights in Equatorial Guinea", 9 Jul 2009
- ESCR-Net and Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at NYU School of Law: "Call for Human Rights Reports: The Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD.org) Project", 8 Jul 2009
- SOMO, and Philippine Workers’ Assistance Center: "Configuring Labour Rights - Labour Conditions in the Production of Computer Parts in the Philippines", 6 July 2009
- Heinrich Böll Foundation, several NGOs: "Tar sands in Congo Basin poses huge risks for one of world’s poorest countries and will worsen runaway climate change", 2 Jul 2009
- ENI response
- Cividep-India & SOMO: Richer Bosses, Poorer Workers: Bangalore's Garment Industry [India], 01 Jul 2009
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: "Report on the eighth session", Jul 2009
- FAFO: "Non-Judicial Remedies in Norway for Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad", Jul 2009
Jun 2009
- Amnesty Intl.: "Nigeria: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta", 30 Jun 2009
- Shell response
- Friends of the Earth: "Shell's Big Dirty Secret", 29 Jun 2009
- Shell response
- Human Rights Watch: "Diamonds in the Rough - Human Rights Abuses in the Marange Diamond Fields of Zimbabwe", 26 Jun 2009
- Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union: "Human Rights in Ukraine – 2008 - chapter 16, Environmental Rights", 27 Jun 2009
- Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union: "Human Rights in Ukraine – 2008 - chapter 15, The right to work", 27 Jun 2009
- CEE Bankwatch Network: "Risky deal, risky business: Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia", 26 Jun 2009
- EarthRights Intl., Shwe Gas Movement: "A Governance Gap: The Failure of the Korean Government to hold Korean Corporations Accountable to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Regarding Violations in Burma", 15 Jun 2009
- Intl. Trade Union Confederation: "ITUC Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations", 10 Jun 2009
- Centre for Corporate Accountability (Bangladesh): "Obtaining compensation for workplace death and injury in Bangladesh", 7 Jun 2009
- Intl. Labor Rights Forum: "We Live Subject to their Orders’: A Three-Province Survey of Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan’s 2008 Cotton Harvest", 4 Jun 2009
- SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations): "Down to the Wire - The Impact of Transnational Corporations on Sustainable Electricity Provision in Developing Countries", Jun 2009
- Community Members, Richmond Mayor, Indigenous Leaders, Veterans, Shareholders, Among Groups That Surround Chevron Inside and Out: "The True Cost of Chevron", Jun 2009
- Chevron response
- Greenpeace: "Slaughtering the Amazon", Jun 2009
- responses by Bertin, Independência. JBS, Marfrig did not respond
- Intl. Institute for Environment and Development: "Access to sustainable energy: What role for international oil and gas companies? Focus on Nigeria", Jun 2009
May 2009
- Human Rights Watch: "The Island of Happiness': Exploitation of Migrant Workers on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi," 19 May 2009
- FNV Mondiaal (Netherlands): "Erratum Annual Report and Accounts: Adding Insecurity to Life" (re Unilever), 18 May 2009
- Unilever response
- Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility: "Vulnerable Migrant Workers: The Responsibility of Business" (UK, Ireland), 18 May 2009
- Centre for Corporate Accountability (Bangladesh): "Workplace deaths in the industrial, service and agricultural sectors of Bangladesh, 2008" [PDF], 17 May 2009
- 21 Non Governmental Organizations: "Statement of Non Governmental Organizations and Organizations Representing Affected Communities by Enterprises" [following John Ruggie's consultation in Argentina], 14-15 May 2009
- John Ruggie response
- [Español]: 21 Organizaciones No Gubernamentales: "Declaración de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Organizaciones Representantes de Comunidades afectadas por Empresas", 14-15 mayo 2009
- Amazon Watch, Save America's Forests: "ConocoPhillips in the Peruvian Amazon", 13 May 2009
- ConocoPhillips response
- Global Action on ArcelorMittal: "ArcelorMittal: Going Nowhere Slowly", 12 May 2009
- Response by ArcelorMittal
- Save the Wild UP: "Kennecott Mine Application: Incompetent or Fraudulent?"
- Rio Tinto response - author rejoinder - Rio Tinto reply
- Human Rights Watch: "Not Yet A Workers' Paradise" (Vietnam), 4 May 2009
- Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma (Rehmonnya): "Laid Waste:Human Rights along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline", May 2009
- 22 Asian civil society orgs.: "Submission to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General from the Civil Society Groups across Asia", May 2009
- Natl. Labor Committee (USA): "Metro Group linked to horrific sweatshop conditions in Bangladesh", and "NLC urges Metro not to cut and run", May 2009
- Response by Metro Group
- 3 Jun 2009 update by Natl. Labor Committee
- Equality Now (USA): "Japan: Rape simulator games and the normalization of sexual violence", May 2009
- Amnesty Intl.: "Beyond dignity - Campaign digest" [PDF], May 2009
- Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition & London School of Economics (LSE): "The reality of rights: Barriers to accessing remedies when business operates beyond borders", 1 May 2009
- Centre for Corporate Accountability (Bangladesh - report based on the work of several organizations): "Investigations into Workplace Deaths in Bangladesh: Compensation, Accountability and Legal Reform - A Preliminary Report" [PDF], 1 May 2009
- Friends of the Earth Europe, Global Action on ArcelorMittal, CEE Bankwatch Network: "ArcelorMittal: Going nowhere slowly -A review of the global steel giant's environmental and social impacts in 2008-2009"
- ArcelorMittal response
- Friends of the Earth Netherlands: "Mining matters: Unacceptable metal mining in developing countries and the responsibilities of companies in the Netherlands", May 2009
- Various (Amnesty Intl., COHRE, Mining Watch): Alleged forced evictions at Porgera, Papua New Guinea, Apr/May 2009
- Barrick Gold response
Apr 2009
- CAFOD, Development & Peace: "San Martin mine in the Siria Valley, Honduras - the issues", 29 Apr 2009
- GoldCorp response
- [Español] Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral (CEREAL): "XII Informe de Violaciones de Derechos Humanos Laborales del Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral (2008) - Voces Claman Justicia en Medio de la Impunidad" [PDF], 24 abril 2009
- Colombia Solidarity Campaign: "Submission to UK Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding Mandé Norte/Murindó mining project", 23 Apr 2009
- responses by Muriel Mining, Rio Tinto
- makeITfair: "Out of control - E-waste trade flows from the EU to developing countries", 17 Apr 2009
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice, Jesuit European Office, CAFOD, IPIS, Fatal Transactions, Global Witness: "NGO briefing for Public Hearing on Business & Human Rights of the European
Parliamentary Commitee on Human Rights", 16 Apr 2009
- SACOM and WEED: "Fujitsu Siemens Computers does not take responsibility for labor rights violations in their supply chain in China", 1 Apr 2009
- responses by Excelsior Electronics, Fujitsu
- [Español] Dafne Isis Cruz Monroy, ENLACE, Comunicación y Capacitación: "Diagnóstico inicial sobre las condiciones laborales de las mujeres en la Zona Fronteriza de Chiapas, México" [PDF], abril 2009
- Bench Marks Foundation (So. Africa): "Shoprite in Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia", Apr 2009
- Enough - the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity: "Can You Hear Congo Now? Cell Phones, Conflict Minerals, and the Worst Sexual Violence in the World", Apr 2009
- Intl. Dalit Solidarity Network: "Annual Report 2008", Apr 2009
- Intl. Institute for Environment & Development, for The Forests Dialogue: "Company-Led Approaches to Conflict Resolution in the Forest Sector", Apr 2009
- SOMO: "Philips Electronics - Overview of controversial business practices in 2008", Apr 2009
- Philips response
- SOMO: "TNT - Overview of controversial business practices in 2008", Apr 2009
- SOMO: "AkzoNobel - Overview of controversial business practices in 2008", Apr 2009
- AkzoNobel response
- SOMO: "Ahold - Overview of controversial business practices 2008", Apr 2009
- Ahold response
- SOMO: "Aegon - Overview of controversial business practices in 2008". Apr 2009
- Aegon response
- SOMO: "Heineken - Overview of controversial business practices in 2008", Apr 2009
Mar 2009
- Intl. Trade Union Confederation: "A recipe for hunger: how the world is failing on food", 30 Mar 2009
- Indigenous peoples & support organisations from 35 countries: "Manila Declaration of the International Conference on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples", 25 Mar 2009
- Oxfam Hong Kong: "Transparency Report II - Have Hong Kong Garment Companies Improved Their Reporting on Labour Standards?", 24 Mar 2009
- Global Witness: "Undue diligence: How banks do business with corrupt regimes", 11 Mar 2009
- Intl. Alert: "Uganda: Enabling peace economies through early recovery", Mar 2009
- Intl. Alert: "Nepal: What role for business in post-conflict economic recovery?" Mar 2009
- Intl. Alert: "Sri Lanka: Rethinking the nexus between youth, unemployment and conflict", Mar 2009
- Intl. Alert: "Colombia: The challenges of supporting ‘alternative’ livelihoods opportunities for peacebuilding", Mar 2009
- Partnership Africa Canada: "Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the wrong side of history", Mar 2009
- ERASE (Education, Research, Advocacy and Support to Eliminate Racism, USA): "The racial equity report card: Fair housing on Long Island", Mar 2009
- Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), TWN Africa, Tax justice network for Africa, Actionaid, Christian Aid: "Breaking the Curse: How transparent taxation and fair taxes can turn Africa’s mineral wealth into development", Mar 2009
- ESCR-Net: "Summary of Working Sessions on Corporate Accountability", from Dec 2008 ESCR-Net General Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 2009
- [Español]: "Asamblea General de la Red-DESC - Sumario de sesión de trabajo sobre empresas y derechos humanos"
- [Français]: "Compte-rendu de la réunion internationale du Réseau-DESC - discussion des entreprises & droits humains"
- OECD Watch: "Quarterly case update of OECD Guidelines cases filed by NGOs", volume 4 issue 1, Spring 2009
- [Español] Red Puentes, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Enlaces: "ISO 26000 y Derechos laborales: Reflexiones y perspectivas desde las organizaciones sindicales y ciudadanas", marzo 2009
Feb 2009
- CERES: "Water scarcity & climate change: Growing risks for businesses & investors", 27 Feb 2009
- Revenue Watch Institute: "Getting a better deal from the extractive sector - Concession negotiation in Liberia, 2006-8", 26 Feb 2009
- National Labor Committee (USA): "Women exploiting women - Women in the U.S. are purchasing clothing sewn by women who are exploited in Guatemala", 25 Feb 2009
- responses by Charming Shoppes, Kellwood, Nicotex
- LICADHO (Cambodia): "Humanitarian crisis facing families evicted from Cambodian slum", 24 Feb 2009
- Oxfam America: "Metals, mining, and sustainable development in Central America: An assessment of benefits and costs"
- [Español]: "Minería de metales y desarrollo sostenible en Centroamérica: Una valoración de costos y beneficios", 16 febrero 2009
- SIPAZ (Servicio Internacional para la Paz / Intl. Service for Peace): "Mining in Chiapas: A new threat for the survival of indigenous peoples", 14 Feb 2009
- Human Rights Campaign (USA): "State of the workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans", 12 Feb 2009
- Clean Clothes Campaign: "Cashing In - Giant retailers, purchasing practices, and working conditions in the garment industry", 10 Feb 2009
- responses by Aldi, Carrefour, Lidl, Tesco, Wal-Mart
- Human Rights Watch: "Russia: Migrant construction workers face serious abuses", 10 Feb 2009
- Working Group on Mining in the Philippines: "Mining in the Philippines - Mining or food?", Feb 2009
- responses by BHP Billiton, Freeport-McMoRan, Intex Resources, Pelican Resources, Philex Gold, Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI)/Xstrata, TVI Pacific
- Global Witness: "Country for sale: How Cambodia’s elite has captured the country’s extractive industries", 5 Feb 2009
- Oxfam International: "Blind Optimism: Challenging the myths about private health care in poor countries", Feb 2009
français : « Optimisme aveugle : Une remise en question des mythes concernant les soins de santé privés dans les pays pauvres », février 2009
- National Labor Committee (USA): "High tech misery in China - The dehumanization of young workers producing our computer keyboards", Feb 2009
- responses by Dell, HP , IBM, Lenovo, Mae Tay, Microsoft
- Human Rights Campaign (USA): "The state of the workplace for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans - 2007-2008", Feb 2009
- World Resources Institute: "Breaking ground: Engaging communities in extractive and infrastructure projects", Feb 2009
- LaRRI (Labour Resource & Research Institute, Namibia): "Uranium mining in Namibia - The mystery behind ‘low level radiation’", Feb 2009
- response by Rössing Uranium
Jan 2009
- Ukrainian Trade Union Federation: "Unpaid salaries: Adaptation by business to economic crisis or absence of political will?", 12 Jan 2009
- [Español] Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos INREDH (informe escrito por Wilton Guaranda Mendoza, Coordinador Jurídico de la INREDH): "Acciones judiciales por derrames de petróleo" [Ecuador], 8 enero 2009
- Human Rights Watch: "The Employee Free Choice Act: A human rights imperative", Jan 2009
- [Español] Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo y la Solidaridad (CIDSE): "Impactos de la industria extractiva en América Latina: Análisis y pistas de acción", enero 2009
