Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 14 May 2008
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* Burma cyclone:
- CSR Asia reviews 50 companies that do business with Burma - finds only PTT, Total had announced aid by 7 May
- CSR Asia update: Describes steps by Exotissimo, Lonely Planet, Abercrombie & Kent, Asia TransPacific Journeys, Google, Microsoft, Intrepid Travel
- Chevron to give $2 million in cyclone relief aid
- Business school professors call on firms with business links to Burma to provide relief
- Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Johnson & Johnson and others give medical aid to victims
- Leber Jeweler says cyclone is country's "latest catastrophe" after years of govt. abuses; company continues work with Jewelers' Burma Relief Project
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/524978
* Joint initial views on UN Special Representative John Ruggie's 2008 report, by Intl. Org. of Employers, Intl. Chamber of Commerce, Business & Industry Advisory Committee to OECD
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/988655
* Namibia: PricewaterhouseCoopers report finds many companies not doing enough to tackle HIV/AIDS
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/269750
* Project Kaleidoscope by McDonald's, Disney, Interfaith Center & others, on improving supply chain working conditions - final report
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/391171
* Colombia: Chiquita's ties to armed groups - 60 Minutes report (USA)
- includes interviews with Chiquita CEO, & with paramilitary leader
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/794062
* Letter from Louise Arbour & Georg Kell: How companies can mark 60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/978166
* Mexico: UNICEF says 300,000 children work illegally on farms, often at dangerous jobs producing food for export
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/388360
* De Beers "Diamond Dialogue" on "Business integrity in Africa - Accountability as the basis for sustainable development" - report of latest discussion
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/DiamondDialogue
* Colombia: War on Want report on displacement & violence to make way for palm oil cultivation
- industry says abuses are "isolated cases"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/922105
* Blackwater unlikely to be prosecuted in USA for Iraq shooting - individual guards may face charges
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/141732
* US Supreme Court, lacking quorum, allows apartheid reparations case to proceed
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/399878
* Ghana: Unilever, World Food Programme in partnership to combat child hunger
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/964235
* UK: Govt. revokes recruitment agency's license over forced labour of migrant flower pickers - Timberland Homes denies allegations
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/256248
* Iraqi workers at British Embassy in Baghdad allege sexual harassment by KBR managers
- company denies allegations
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/295485
* UN Global Compact US Network meeting on business & human rights, 28 April - report
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/136151
* Africa: Telecom firms launch toll-free mobile service in remote areas to increase access to emergency medical service
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/616323
* Job announcements, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre:
- South Asia Researcher, India - deadline 23 June
- Eastern Europe/Central Asia Researcher, Kiev - deadline 23 June
- Legal research interns, London - deadline 2 June
http://www.business-humanrights.org
* Job announcement, Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): Program Officer, "Business & human rights", Paris - deadline 25 May
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/551530
* Español: Colombia: Líder paramilitar dice que "todas las empresas bananeras de Urabá" le pagaron a grupos armados
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/817234
* Español: España: Greenpeace exige que se ponga fin a la "catástrofe sanitaria y ambiental" causada por empresa Fertiberia
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/273897
* Español: BBVA y la OEI firman convenio para mejorar la educación infantil en América Latina
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/506847
* Español: Uruguay: Trabajadores se movilizan contra Prosegur por mejoras salariales, de higiene y seguridad
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/250644
* Español: México: Permanecen impunes desastres en empresas agroquímicas Anaversa y Cromatos de México que afectaron seriamente la salud humana
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/211418
* Español: España: Se lanza campaña para sensibilizar consumidores sobre derechos humanos en las cadenas de suministro
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/101262
* Español: Tesis de Miriam Soto (México) sobre activismo cívico ambiental y laboral ante las prácticas negativas de empresas multinacionales
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/201473
* Français : Birmanie : Total fera un don de 2 millions de dollars pour les victimes du cyclone, mais reste réticent à prêter ses hélicoptères aux ONG ou à l'ONU
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/753990
* Français : Rép. Dém. du Congo : SEP-Congo contribue à la lutte contre le Sida dans le secteur des transports via le Programme alimentaire mondial
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/123803
* Français : L'Indonésie veut une huile de palme certifiée écologique
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/215297
* Français : Opportunité de travail : Chargé(e) de programme « Entreprises et droits de l'Homme », Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH), date limite 25 mai
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/480807
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