Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 17 Oct 2007
CLICK THIS LINK FOR ALL TOP STORIES added past 7 days /
Principales noticias / Articles de premier plan:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Topstories?date=2007/10/17
The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles incluent:
* Joint open letter to UN Special Representative on business & human rights, John Ruggie - 151 NGO & individual signatories
- John Ruggie's response
- Open letter from Sir Geoffrey Chandler to the signatories
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/831413
* Lawsuit filed against Blackwater in USA for killings of Iraqi civilians
- Blackwater CEO says "politically motivated lawsuit for media attention"
- Iraq's Minister for Human Rights calls for Blackwater security guards to stand trial in Iraq
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/680656
* India: Over 400,000 children working in cottonseed fields, often bonded labour
- Bayer CropScience response
- Monsanto has said it will provide a response for a future Update
- We also invited Nuziveedu, Rasi, Ankur to respond but they have not done so
- Dutch Parliament submits questions to Dutch trade & foreign ministers on child labour in India
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/812295
* US court allows lawsuit by apartheid victims against 23 companies to proceed
- Companies include Barclays, BP, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, ExxonMobil, Ford, Fujitsu, General Motors, IBM, Total, UBS
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/479437
* Russia & Kazakhstan: Uzbek migrant workers in slave-like conditions in construction, agriculture, textiles
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/671253
* Merowe Dam, Sudan: Lahmeyer photographs of resettlement programme (further to previous Updates)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/359985
* IBM partners with Grameen Foundation to expand microfinance software platform
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/116265
* Thailand: "Systematic exploitation" of Burmese migrant workers - though some companies providing better conditions than others
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/364266
* USA: Congressional panel summons Yahoo! officials for 6 Nov hearing, saying Yahoo! provided false information regarding case of imprisoned Chinese journalist Shi Tao
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/357822
* DHL extends UNICEF partnership globally, following successful Kenya pilot to fight malaria
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/311803
* US "boot camp"-style private treatment centres for teenagers: Govt. Accountability Office reports on thousands of cases of abuse, some leading to deaths
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/665951
* Aspen Institute ranks business schools on teaching of social, environmental issues - Stanford tops list
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/472131
* Closing statements in US lawsuit against Dole & Dow - lawyer says companies' use of pesticides in Nicaragua "left workers sterile"
- Dole lawyer says some workers didn't care about having children
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/103743
* Final reminder: Internships at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - deadline for applications end of 18 Oct
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Aboutus/Internrecruitment
* Español: Carta abierta conjunta a John Ruggie, representante especial de la ONU sobre empresas y derechos humanos
- Respuesta de John Ruggie (solamente en inglés)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/831413
* Español: Nicaragua: En argumentos finales en corte de EE.UU. campesinos dicen haber quedado estériles tras exposición a insecticida tóxico usado por Dole Foods y Dow Chemical
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/533513
* Español: Argentina: Evento evaluará el rol de las instituciones financieras internacionales sobre los derechos humanos (18 octubre)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/682897
* Español: Trabajadores del Grupo Telefónica en Latinoamérica y España realizan día contra el trabajo infantil
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/966308
* Español: México: Agencias ambientales culpan a minera Continuum Resources de secar manantiales de poblaciones en Oaxaca
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/944357
* Español: Colombia: A juicio 11 ejecutivos de Nestlé por despido irregular de 180 trabajadores
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/272013
* Français : Lettre ouverte à John Ruggie, Représentant spécial de l'ONU sur les entreprises & les droits de l'homme, signée par 151 organismes & individus
- Réponse de John Ruggie (seulement en anglais)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/831413
* Français : États-Unis : Commission du Congrès convoque Yahoo! dans le cas du journaliste chinois emprisonné, Shi Tao
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/949880
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