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Post Strengthening Australia’s Modern Slavery Act: Step one in revitalising Australia’s approach to corporate respect for human rights
The recent change of government in Australia represents a much-needed opportunity to revitalise Australia’s approach to corporate respect for human rights, including to reorientate the Modern Slavery Act by requiring companies to undertake effective human rights due diligence aimed at preventing harm.
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Series Corporate interests over human interests in the India-UK trade talks
Researcher and policy analyst Shalini Bhutani blogs on the India-UK trade talks and concerns around lack of transparency and corporate capture.
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Series The housing crisis: Key priorities for investor action
Paloma Muñoz Quick and Cassie Collier from BSR outline key actions for investors to establish a human rights-focused approach to housing in order to address the crisis
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Series Governments and investors must work together to address the affordable housing crisis
Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, sets out steps for governments and investors to address the crisis and respect the right to housing
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Post Legislative developments signal increasing commitment to corporate accountability for human rights abuses
Recent legislative developments in the EU and North America offer high hopes for corporate legal accountability and for affected communities to seek justice. They could also pave the way for other countries or regional blocks to follow suit.
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Post Asian garment labour movement identifies urgent shifts to redistribute profits & regulate global garment supply chains
Asia Floor Wage Alliance argue 'business as usual' cannot continue if garment workers' rights in the global south are to be adequately protected.
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Post One case, three insights – what a legal case from Egypt can teach us about our right to breathe clean air
On Clean Air Day (16 June) Désirée Abrahams, Senior Programme Manager, Global Action Plan, outlines how a community can take on a polluting company - and win - using human rights as the backbone of the legal case.
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Post Eradicating child labour requires urgent action and change: what should companies do?
Year after year, campaigns like the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June remind the world that child labour is still a pressing issue that will not go away without urgent action and change. Ines Kaempfer, CEO, The Centre for Child Rights and Business, reflects on the challenges and opportunities.
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Series Imagining international trade agreements which support more responsible business
Tom Wills looks at the relationship between trade deals and corporate accountability, and highlights recent trade policies which place obligations on business.
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