Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 7 November 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=2007/11/07
The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles incluent:
* US court awards $3.3 million to 6 Nicaraguan workers who say they were made sterile by pesticide used by Dole, manufactured by Dow, Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/155151
* UN, Google, Cisco launch website to track global poverty, progress towards Millennium Development Goals
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/835849
* Investigation reveals extensive tax avoidance by banana companies such as Dole, Chiquita, Fresh Del Monte, Fyffes, depriving govts. of revenue for development & services
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/445851
* Norway's pension fund sells Vedanta shares - points to "systematic" environmental, human rights failures
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/410995
* Plans for $400 million Global Pollution Remediation Fund agreed by consortium of govts., researchers, NGOs
- Also: Blacksmith Institute report on "World's Worst Polluted Places" & company responses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Blacksmith2007
* US court allows lawsuit brought against CACI by Iraqi torture victims to proceed; dismisses suit against Titan
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/897142
* US legislators grill Yahoo! over cooperation with Chinese Govt. in prosecution of dissidents
- Yahoo! CEO apologises to dissidents' families, company reaffirms its commitment to human rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/952084
* Business for Social Responsibility evaluates Anglo American's "Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox"
- Finds it "best practice", makes recommendations for further improvements
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/687896
* Mozambique: Labour Ministry suspends operations at Golden Fields roses over serious workers' rights abuses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/761561
* Gap plans certification system to mark its products "sweatshop free"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/418632
* So. Africa: Mineworkers' union plans industry-wide strike over safety, following spate of mine deaths
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/638476
* UN Human Rights Council decides to appoint Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery - call for candidates
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163
* Español: Corte de EE.UU. otorga $3,3 millones de dólares a 6 trabajadores nicaragüenses de Dole por haber quedado estériles tras usar pesticida fabricado por Dow y Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/947002
* Español: Paraguay: Documental habla de "devastadores" consecuencias sobre comunidades campesinas de la soja genéticamente modificada
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/378952
* Español: México: Banorte duplicará las donaciones para damnificados por las inundaciones en Tabasco
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/829380
* Español: Bolivia: 26 conflictos mineros con comunidades indígenas, parte de ellos derivaron en violencia
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/401335
* Español: Inditex y Federación Internacional de Trabajadores del Textil acuerdan "velar por el cumplimiento" de estándares laborales
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/505813
* Español: Consejo de Derechos Humanos decide nombrar un Relator Especial sobre formas contemporáneas de esclavitud - nominación de candidatos abierta
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163
* Français : La justice américaine accorde $3,3 millions à 6 employés nicaraguéens qui se disent rendus stériles par des pesticides utilisés par Dole et produits par Dow et Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/817387
* Français : Cambodge : Des villageois protestent contre l'appropriation de leur terre par la compagnie Peam Chaing, aidée par la police
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/344191
* Français : Processus de Kimberley sur les diamants de guerre - Bilan des progrès durant 2007
- Rapport du Partenariat Afrique Canada & de Global Witness sur les échappatoires dans le système
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/940992
* Français : ONU, Google, Cisco lancent un site web pour suivre les avancées des Objectifsbjectifs du millénaire pour le développement
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/801663
* Français : Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU nomme un Rapporteur spécial sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage - appel pour des candidats
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163
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