Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 23 January 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=2008/01/23
The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles incluent:
* Fujian, China: Local govt. halts & may relocate Tenglong Aromatic PX paraxylene plant following protest over health impacts - locals hail decision as "milestone"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/688217
* China: Intl. Trade Union Confederation starts dialogue for first time with All China Federation of Trade Unions
- Decision provokes mixed reactions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/712250
* Chevron commits $30 million to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria - becomes fund's first "corporate champion"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/938000
* Abu Dhabi: Officials from over 20 countries meet to discuss treatment of Asian migrant workers
- Human Rights Watch says govts. should address widespread abuses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/375937
* India: New faith-based Dow Jones Dharma Index includes screening on environment, labour, human rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/814291
* Colombia: US congressman Delahunt, chair of House Intl. Relations Committee, concerned by extent of payments by US companies to paramilitaries - will conduct further investigation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/186738
* Intl. Bridges to Justice calls on business leaders at Davos to support rule of law, to help combat torture, arbitrary detention, denial of fair trial
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/281502
* Sierra Leone: Diamond Development Initiative is developing standards regarding artisanal miners - to help meet poverty & development objectives
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/343463
* Google announces $25 million for groups addressing climate change, pandemics, economic development
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/503940
* Uzbekistan: 140 Uzbek rights advocates denounce forced child labour in cotton fields
- Some companies cease sourcing, including H&M, Krenholm, Marimekko, Marks & Spencer, Tesco
- Intl. Cotton Advisory Committee says allegations are "exaggerated" & "absurd"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/391245
* Economist special report on corporate responsibility: "done well, it's just good business" (refers to John Ruggie, UN Global Compact, several companies)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/915593
* Conference on private military & security contractors and human rights in the Americas, Univ. of Wisconsin, 31 Jan - 2 Feb
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/571786
* Español: Colombia: Congresista de EE.UU. Delahunt "preocupado" por pagos de empresas estadounidenses a paramilitares - promete ahondar en sus investigaciones
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/390850
* Español: Uruguay: Autoridades emprenden acciones contra fábrica de alfombras Rualer por deficientes medidas de seguridad laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/163120
* Español: Jorge Daniel Taillant, director de CEDHA, dice que un análisis de "costo-beneficio" al referirse a empresas y derechos humanos es "absolutamente perverso y peligroso"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/610896
* Español: Argentina: Estudios sobre rentabilidad y responsabilidad social empresarial - incluye ejemplo de buenas prácticas de Grupo SESA Select
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/732112
* Français : Chevron - première entreprise à investir dans le Fonds mondial contre le sida, la tuberculose & le paludisme - y commet $30 million
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/163205
* Français : Nigéria : Le torchage du gaz inutile demeure non-maîtrisé - NNPC annonce une nouvelle date limite de décembre 2008
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/392719
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