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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 It's time for the EU to clean up corporate supply chains
"While we cannot undo the collapse of Rana Plaza, pollution in the Niger delta or the deaths of migrant workers in Qatar, the COVID-19 crisis has offered us a chance to rethink and redesign global value chains" – Members of European Parliament Lara Wolters, Manon Aubry, Pascal Durand and Heidi Hautala after the plenary vote on the corporate due diligence and accountability report
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Post Strengthening new investor just transition tool would be a gamechanger
Climate Action 100+ Just Transition Indicator can only be a useful tool for responsible investors seeking more socially responsible green investments if it widens its remit to include human rights indicators
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Post Accountability for agricultural, commercial & financial drivers of illegal deforestation & an opportunity to avoid risks: a case study from Brazil
The Center for Climate Crime Analysis on the increasing number of organizations fighting the climate emergency using legal and advocacy tools to target agricultural, commercial and financial drivers of tropical deforestation.
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Post Just recovery interventions can and should eliminate child labour
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for child labour. Global March Against Child Labour highlights interventions that could eliminate this scourge and how the private sector could utilise these in efforts towards a just recovery.
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Post Responsibility from the top down: Why human rights due diligence must be a mandated concern of corporate boards
The European Commission should act to make the issue of board oversight an explicit part of its mHRDD approach, write John Morrison, Phil Bloomer and Camille Le Pors
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Post #KeepItOn: Internet shutdowns only cause harm
Felicia Anthonio, Campaigner & #KeepItOn Lead at Access Now, gives an overview of internet shutdowns across Africa, their impact on digital freedom and what steps need to be taken to push back.
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Series Lawyers’ insights on corporate legal accountability: Channa Samkalden, Prakken d’Oliveira, Netherlands
"This ruling is about Shell and Nigeria – but it shows that parent company liability is a risk that corporations will need to actively deal with."
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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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