Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 02 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=2008/01/02
The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles incluent:
* Liberia: Supreme Court approves union election results at Firestone rubber plantation
- Labour Minister Woods says ruling signals "dawning of a new day"; calls for ongoing co-operation between the company & union
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/473620
* China: New labour law enters into force - greater protection for workers but concerns over enforcement
- Reports of some employers firing workers, and using violence against advocates of the new law
- China Labour Bulletin: "A challenge and an opportunity for China's official trade union"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/186400
* India: Govt., UNICEF, NGOs & companies including Hindustan Lever, ICICI, Tata, HDFC, partner to address child under-nutrition (report by Synergos)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/533985
* Burma: Construction workers in new capital Naypyidaw say they have not been paid by employers for months
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/546277
* Australian companies importing phosphate from Western Sahara through Moroccan suppliers, despite UN opposition to Morocco exploiting Western Sahara's natural resources
- Includes comments by phosphate companies
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/214510
* United Arab Emirates: Over 120 CEOs from companies in Arab countries commit to reducing environmental impacts
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/526635
* India: Rescued child labourers often find themselves "back at another dismal job"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/371469
* "Public Interest Litigation in China - A New Force for Social Justice"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/650797
* USA: Father to sue CIGNA health insurance company; daughter dies hours after CIGNA reversed decision to deny liver transplant
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/164095
* Female ex-worker of KBR sues company & Halliburton in USA for alleged gang-rape by fellow employees in Iraq
- Commentary: Case is "one extreme example among thousands" of sexual assault within US companies
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/536024
* further to our 12 Dec Update:
- Johnson & Johnson response to Oxfam report "Investing for Life"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Oxfamresponses
* further to our 12 Dec Update:
- Johnson & Johnson response to "Dream for Darfur" report
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/DreamforDarfur
* Español: México y América Central: Parlamento Europeo se refiere a responsabilidad de las empresas en informe sobre feminicidios
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/746750
* Español: Argentina: ONG es fundada para combatir trabajo esclavo, principalmente en el sector textil
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/375678
* Español: Perú: Petición para "salvar" a indígenas cacataibo de exploraciones petrolíferas es presentada ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/586695
* Español: México: Pemex anuncia remediación ambiental "más importante de su historia" y convertirá área contaminada en parque
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/318824
* Español: Panamá: Indígenas se oponen a construcción de hidroeléctrica de AES - empresa dice que no impacta el medio ambiente
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/433610
* Español: España: Senado aprueba ley de comercio de armas que incrementa la transparencia de las empresas - ONGs celebran medida, pero advierten que quedan problemas
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/456900
* Español: Brasil: KPMG y Fundación Fesmai trabajan conjuntamente por las niñas desfavorecidas en Belem
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/173696
* Français : Chine : La nouvelle loi du travail entre en vigeur
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/783197
* Français : Electrabel & Volvo créent la première usine de véhicules sans émissions de CO2
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/530633
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