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Series Right to self-determination and land rights must be central in struggle for a Just Recovery
As COVID-19 wreaks devastation across the globe, States are justifying destructive development projects in the name of bolstering their battered economies, write Binota Moy Dhamai, AIPP & Joie Chowdhury, ESCR-Net. Land-related violations in the name of development are a widespread and longstanding practice affecting a wide range of human rights. But if we are serious about delivering a just and equitable transition and recovery, Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination must be enforced, alongside strengthened land-related rights and participation rights of land-dependent communities.
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Series Lessons of COVID-19 Vaccines for Progressive Utopians
Professor Michael A. Santoro explores what the COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution process taught us about the two big goals of Progressive Utopians: Economic Progressivism & Global Government.
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Series A super-cycle cyclone? Energy transition minerals and a just recovery
Just transition and just recovery may end up becoming intrinsically linked, but if there is to be any hope of the 'just' part shining through, we need to consider the rights of potentially affected communities, abolish rights abuses from mineral supply chains and resolve issues of over-consumption.
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Series One goal, multiple narratives and the chance to harness their collective power to Build Back Better
Shift's Caroline Rees emphasises the need for collaboration and greater connection across different constituencies and narratives, to ensure our efforts to build back better avoid collision, dilution or even delay.
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Series Just Recovery within the Mindanaw Human Rights Agenda
BALAOD Mindanaw's Ritz Lee, outlines what needs to happen for a just recovery in Mindanaw - accountability, redress and reorientation towards the protection and promotion of human rights.
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Series Resilient Workers in Fragile Supply Chains: The FLA calls for international action
The Fair Labor Association's President and CEO, Sharon Waxman shares lessons from COVID-19, the role of responsible purchasing practices and necessary action from business and government.
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Series Time for action: The role of human rights defenders in crisis and in a just recovery
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, outlines five steps companies should take to address risks to HRDs in the context of just recovery.
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Series Leaving No One Behind: Striking a balance between recovery and human rights in Zimbabwe's mining sector
The focus for mining companies that weathered 2020 is now on recovery, stabilisation and eventual return to profitability. Mutuso Dhlliwayo and Cosmas Sunguro outline pitfalls the industry must avoid to ensure people are put before profitability.
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Series COVID-19 in India: An excuse to dilute environmental policy to benefit businesses
The pandemic has offered the perfect cover under which to dilute laws and overhaul environmental and human rights protections against destructive development in India, according to Lara Jesani.
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Series Companies have a responsibility to build a better world post-COVID
Agrochemical companies must use their considerable influence and leverage to help transform food production and prevent further pandemics, write ECCHR's Corina Ajder and Soraia Da Costa Batista
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