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Investors embrace human rights in the era of Corona
COVID-19 has accelerated a rising tide of investor support for responsible human rights performance into an urgent call for change, write Oxfam America's Diana Kearney and Sharmeen Contractor
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European companies should stop putting profit over people and planet
BHRRC's Saskia Wilks and Johannes Blankenbach discuss a joint call for EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence by European companies and why this is needed right now.
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Progress in the Newest UN Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights
In this opinion piece, Doug Cassel, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame, provides an overview of key changes in the Second Revised Draft of a binding treaty on business and human rights. Cassel argues that the draft, though not ready for adoption, includes significant improvements from previous versions and is ripe for serious, good faith negotiation.
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Much more than a new look
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has launched its redesigned nine-language digital platform to serve business and human rights advocates around the world.
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US police are using facial recognition technology at protests - adding to systemic racism
Software developer and tech writer Nahla Davies highlights human rights risks associated with police use of facial recognition technology
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In-depth Interview with Wanda Culp and Osprey Orielle Lake - WECAN
Wanda “Kashudoha” Loescher Culp is a Tlingit activist and the Tongass Regional Coordinator for the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International. Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of WECAN. WECAN’s ‘Women for Forests’ program aims to support a diverse constituency of international women as they rise up to protect forests, and prevent extractive industries threatening the Earth’s critical living systems and our global communities. Through this program, WECAN supports women frontline defenders to protect the Tongass Rainforest of Alaska, the traditional homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Peoples and the largest national forest in the U.S. from industrial scale logging and mining.
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COVID-19: Impact and Lessons for the Extractive Industry in Africa
Mutuso Dhliwayo and Manson Gwanyanya acknowledge the importance of mining for several African countries’ incoming. They are however concerned about the growing trend to ignore worker’s safety and working conditions in a rush to reopen the mines. They call on governments and mining companies to ensure that the measures taken during and post-pandemic are beneficial to all stakeholders.
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Exploring core elements of an EU regulation on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence
Robert McCorquodale and Martijn Scheltema look at the potential scope, type of obligations, and enforcement model of upcoming EU due diligence legislation, taking a joint civil and common law perspective.
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