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Series EU Legislation on Corporate Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence: Perspectives from Latin America
The Civil Society Focal Group on Business and Human Rights discuss the key elements that should form part of an EU law from their point of view, including involvement of civil society organisations and communities when developing the legislative initiative, and reflecting their concerns in the legal text itself.
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Post First Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Key problems and opportunities
Representatives from governments, businesses and civil society discussed the general lack of willingness to work on business and human rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Other major issues include forced labour, low wages, environmental degradation, attacks on unions, low transparency and lack of capacity.
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Series Collaborating for a just recovery
Fiona Reynolds sets out clear steps on how governments, businesses and investors can collaborate to deliver a recovery which is just, sustainable and equitable.
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Series Evidence-Based Law-Making: What Lessons Have We Learnt for an Effective Due Diligence Law?
ECCJ, ECCHR and Initiative Lieferkettengesetz discuss key insights drawn from past efforts to advance responsible business conduct, including the pitfalls of social auditing as well as the need for judicial enforcement through civil liability.
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Series No action too small when it comes to a company’s respect for human rights
Anggara Suwahju, CEO of a SME in Indonesia knows the number one asset for any company are its people - and expresses concern the new "Omnibus Law" falls short of international labour law standards, therefore threatening the human rights of workers.
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Series Time to act: How the Biden Administration and Congress could tackle corporate human rights abuse
EarthRights International's Keith Slack and ICAR's Alison Kiehl Friedman
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Post Corporate Human Rights Litigation: Trends from 200 Seminal Lawsuits
For the past 12 years, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked lawsuits brought against companies around the world to redress their negative human rights impacts. This December, we launched our Lawsuits Database, which includes the 200 cases we have profiled to date. Here’s a brief look into what our database tells us about litigation as a strategic tool for corporate legal accountability.
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Series Key Considerations for Effective Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation
Théo Jaekel highlights three key issues with mHRDD legislation from his perspective as Legal Counsel and Business and Human Rights Expert at Ericsson, a Swedish telecomms multinational.
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