Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 19 Mar 2008
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=2008/03/19
The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles incluent:
* Olympic sponsors concerned over Tibet unrest & violence - comments by adidas, GE, Lenovo, McDonald's
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/845876
* Intl. investment agreements, business & human rights: Paper prepared for UN Special Representative John Ruggie by Howard Mann, Intl. Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/802467
* Botswana: Labour Minister urges diamond firms to stop pre-employment HIV/AIDS testing - NGO calls for HIV employment law
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/844241
* Wal-Mart pushes Chinese suppliers to cut waste, greenhouse gas emissions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/773545
* Cerrejón Coal, Colombia: Assessment by company-commissioned independent panel of the mine's social impacts flags concerns & positive elements
- Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Xstrata commit to implementing recommendations - Cerrejón will issue full response & management plan
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/498398
* Merck letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Health regarding draft guidelines on access to medicines
- Special Rapporteur is preparing a response, which we will include in a future Update
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/453911
* "Tackling Tuberculosis: The Business Response" - report by World Economic Forum & Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/166662
* USA: Chiquita sued by relatives of 5 missionaries killed by Colombian rebels
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/438818
* India: Allianz & CARE team up on microinsurance project for vulnerable people in tsunami-hit south
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/793215
* Argentina: City of Buenos Aires mandates companies with over 300 employees to report on social, environmental issues
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/713836
* Japan: Mazda Motor receives govt. human rights award
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/591807
* Intl. Peace Operations Association journal, including:
- "A Human Rights Perspective on Business Ethics" for private military & security companies
- Shell describes how it is implementing Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/519634
* "Corporate Duty & Human Rights under Australian Law": Paper prepared for John Ruggie by Allens Arthur Robinson law firm
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/293143
* New & updated summary profiles of business & human rights lawsuits, provided by the Resource Centre:
- Deutsche Bank, Woermann Line lawsuit re Herero tribe in Namibia
- Yahoo! case re China
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Profiles19Mar2008
* Conference hosted by Clifford Chance, London, 16-17 May: "Does International Law Mean Business - A Partnership for Progress?" (with panels on human rights)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/528996
* Español: EE.UU.: Familiares de 5 misioneros muertos por las FARC en Colombia demandan a Chiquita
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/616302
* Español: España: Empresas no están reportando sobre el respeto a los derechos indígenas, dice consultora KPMG
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/703169
* Español: América Latina: BBVA destinará 43 millones de dólares para programas sociales, incluyendo educación
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/152952
* Español: Nicaragua: Comunidades indígenas alertan sobre posible desplazamiento por construcción de puerto
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/780567
* Français : Nigeria : Le procès contre British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, International Tobacco Ltd. s'ouvre à Abuja
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/271667
* Français : Chine : La disparition accidentelle de 27 mineurs dissimulée par les propriétaires de mine de charbon
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/292004
* Français : France : Syndicats & ONG s'opposent au projet de loi qu'ils disent «réduirait à néant» protections contre la discrimination au travail
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/615824
* Français : Analyse des efforts de l'industrie du chocolat pour éliminer le travail des enfants dans les plantations de cacao
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/353197
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http://www.business-humanrights.org/Aboutus/WeeklyUpdatesarchive
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