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Post All of the costs, none of the benefits: How inequality, abuse and corporate greed have contributed to discontent in Kazakhstan
This week, more reports of torture and violence have surfaced in Kazakhstan, following protests over corruption, human rights abuses, low wages and severe inequality. The country's oil sector is an emblematic example of these drivers of discontent.
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Series From factories to homes: Why human rights due diligence must extend to all workers in the supply chain
As the European Union works towards its Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive, it is vital that policy-makers hear the demands of workers from garment production countries.
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Series Will EU trade policy meet the demands of society?
Blog from public affairs advisor Radboud Reijn detailing the questions that EU trade policy needs to answer if it is to meet the demands of society.
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Post A history of negligence: How Gap and other major brands failed to draw lessons from the That’s It Sportswear factory fire
On the 11th anniversary of the That's It Sportswear factory fire which claimed the lives of 29 garment workers, Sarah Newell and Christie Miedama reflect on the importance of worker-driven and enforceable safety agreements
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Post Anti-SLAPP legislation must outlaw judicial harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Anti-SLAPP legal frameworks are a key tool to protect HRDs from judicial harassment. Without such frameworks, lawyers have limited tools at their disposal to fight SLAPPs in the courts.
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Post Same, same but different: a closer look at the latest UN negotiations towards a binding treaty on business & human rights
Anesu Dera, an attorney in the Business & Human Rights programme at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, presents the views of African civil society organisations on the draft binding treaty after attending the most recent discussions.
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Post Development finance institutions and human rights: The urgent need to connect the dots
Development finance institutions should take a critical look at the coherence of their sustainable development and human rights strategies, write Ioana Tuta and Signe Andreasen, Danish Institute for Human Rights
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Series Momentum for change: UK public joins business and civil society to demand new Business, Human Rights and Environment law
The call for the UK Government to table a new UK law to root out corporate supply chain abuses - wherever they take place – is rapidly building. Georgina Berriman and Mark Dearn from the Corporate Justice Coalition survey the case for change.
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