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Post Taming the monster: Artificial intelligence & the duty of care
Generative AI can bring enormous benefits to our societies – ranging from new medicines to scientific research. But, like social media apps two decades ago, AI technology is currently released into a Wild West market with no effective regulation to direct its use to social and public benefit, nor to prevent its enormous potential for harm - this must be urgently and comprehensively addressed, argues Phil Bloomer, BHRRC.
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Post Inside Qatar 2022: A FIFA Human Rights Volunteer reflects on the legacy of the World Cup for migrant workers
In December 2022, Qatar's long-awaited moment arrived as it hosted the world's most magnificent sporting event – the FIFA World Cup. While fans eagerly gathered from across the globe to witness the event, the dark truth of exploitation and human rights abuses loomed amidst its grandeur.
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Post Cutting-edge new city or harmful vanity project? Questions companies investing in Neom should ask...
After the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, companies around the world rolled back their involvement in Neom, the megacity project being built on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. However, since then, many have come on board as scrutiny surrounding the country's human rights abuses is put on the back burner. But Saudi Arabia’s past dismal record is not the only reason why companies should reconsider partnerships with the Kingdom - the Neom project itself is beset with serious and ongoing human rights concerns.
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Series How import bans can help tackle forced labour in global supply chains
Forced labour import bans are emerging as key tools for policy makers seeking to push companies into dealing with the human rights risks in their supply chains.
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Series Respecting human rights: Why the CSDDD needs to go beyond social auditing
A Directive that is conceived as yet another auditing standard passed onto suppliers will miss out on much of its historic potential to transform and future-fit the way companies do business, and tangibly improve the lives of workers and communities along global value chains.
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Series What's new?: 'Targeted update' strengthens OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
The newly published update gives rightsholders and civil society new tools to hold corporations accountable and strengthen due diligence legislation, write OECD Watch and SOMO.
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Post Cerrejón Coal in Colombia: Access to justice and reparation become a chimera
Abuses at the Cerrejón Coal mine in Colombia, owned by Glencore, Anglo American and BHP, have been highlighted by marginalised communities, Colombian courts and the UN. Despite legal rulings and voluntary mechanisms, corporate impunity persists, as the mining companies evade responsibility. Human rights due diligence legislation and a binding treaty may help tackle the challenge of cross-border corporate practice.
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Post Public Beneficial Ownership: Can the European Court of Human Rights save financial transparency?
In 2022, the Sovim judgment of the European Court of Justice of the European Union struck down the requirement that ultimate beneficial ownership registries should be accessible to members of the general public. This is a serious setback to achieving financial transparency in the EU. We contend that the European legislator should amend the current anti-money laundering framework to provide that persons and organisations playing the role of “public watchdogs” have full, unfettered, right of access to the registries’ data.
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Post UK Seasonal Worker scheme endangers vulnerable foreign workers
Vulnerable workers from the poorest communities on our planet should not have to bear the real costs of our food system’s reliance on foreign workers to meet its demand. Decent work and responsible recruitment principles should not be set aside by a need to address labour shortages quickly, cheaply, and flexibly.
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Post Government action needed to tackle mining-related deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian Amazon and its peoples ‘unsustainably exploited’ by state tax policies and corporate profiteering, new reports from Christian Aid find.
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