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• We need a global standard on corporate abuse in supply chains - this week's OECD forum in Paris could be the start

  23 Apr 2019 23/4/19 - Sophia Pickles, Campaign Leader and supply chain investigator at Global Witness

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  Lawyers' insights on corporate legal accountability: Sophorn Sek, Rights & Business Law Office (Cambodia)

  11 Apr 2019 Sophorn Sek, Rights & Business Law Office

  "To hold the perpetrator accountable is complicated, especially in human rights, environmental and cultural cases…Support from lawyers, NGOs in documentation for instance is helpful to assist the community to access justice."

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• Indigenous people risk losing water in lithium extraction for essential transition to low-carbon economy

  10 Apr 2019 Eniko Horvath, Senior Researcher & Amanda Romero, South America Senior Researcher & Representative, BHRRC

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• Human Rights Defenders discuss engaging with business at International Civil Society Week in Serbia

  10 Apr 2019 10/4/19 - Ana Zbona, Civic Freedoms and Human Rights Defenders Project Manager, BHRRC

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• Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?

  10 Apr 2019 10/4/19 - Gabrielle Holly, Omnia Strategy LLP

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• Death penalty: Here's how business could play a crucial role in abolition

  8 Apr 2019 9/4/19 - Celia Ouellette, Director of the Responsible Business Initiative on the Death Penalty

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• The Modern Slavery Act turns four today. Is it working? And how can it be improved?

  26 Mar 2019 26/3/19 - Patricia Carrier, Modern Slavery Registry Project Manager, BHRRC

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  Social audit reform options: towards auditor liability and multi-stakeholder oversight

  12 Mar 2019 Kebene Wodajo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  Can the existing regime be improved so that it delivers real protections against the exploitation of workers?

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  New buzzword, same problem: How 'worker voice' initiatives are perpetuating the shortcomings of traditional social auditing

  12 Mar 2019 Penelope Kyritsis, Prof. Dr. Genevieve LeBaron, Prof. Dr. Mark Anner

  Ultimately, any initiative purporting to empower workers through worker voice is only as effective as its ability and willingness to disrupt power relations within global supply chains.

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• Enabling voices, demanding rights: How to ensure responsible investment in land for women

  11 Mar 2019 Francine Picard Mukazi, IISD, Francine Picard Mukazi, IISD, 11/03/19 - Francine Picard Mukazi, IISD

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