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Post The devastating price of Saudi World Cup 2034 for migrant workers
As Saudi Arabia celebrates its colossal win to host the 2034 men’s World Cup, not everyone is so jubilant. The irony that FIFA announced this news just days ahead of International Migrants Day won’t be lost on the tens of thousands of migrant workers travelling to the Gulf Kingdom to build 15 football stadiums and 185,000 luxury hotel rooms.
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Post 2025: A year of new challenges and opportunities for the movement
2025 will be another defining year for the challenge of putting human rights at the heart of business. Our worldwide movement made significant strides in 2024 - now we must defend them and continue pushing forward. The Resource Centre's Phil Bloomer sets out the key frontiers and emerging areas of progress.
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Series Why a scope clause in the binding treaty on business and human rights is unnecessary
David Bilchitz, Professor of Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Law at the University of Johannesburg & Reading, on why removing the scope clause from the draft binding treaty on business and human rights could help resolve divisions
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Post The COP29 finance agreement must drive new action for corporate human rights protections
The COP29 finance agreement is a major disappointment – and has profound implications for peoples and governments right across the Global South.
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Series While the legally binding treaty remains elusive, policy gaps are shrinking access to remedy in Asia for environmental harm by businesses
Lara Jesani looks at the critical areas of importance for Asia in the negotiations for a binding treaty on business and human rights
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Series The risk of rescheduling: Why communities must not be undermined in the Binding Treaty process
Anesu Dera and Jessica Lawrence on the problem with postponing the 10th session of the IGWG on the binding treaty - and the absence of Global South delegates
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Series People over profit – the next steps needed to achieve a meaningful binding treaty on business and human rights
Feminists for a Binding Treaty outline the power imbalances hampering civil society participation in 10 years of negotiations on the legally binding instrument - and what needs to happen next for gender-sensitive treaty.
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Series Proper corporate liability is vital for sustainable development
Luiz Gustavo Lo-Buono, Brazil's former General Coordinator of Human Rights and Business at the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, on the need for the binding treaty to establish a comprehensive and adequate structure of legal, criminal, civil and administrative liability.
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Post In the EU clean energy race, which interests win out? Rushing to secure access to minerals, or putting human rights first?
From Serbia to Indonesia, accelerating extraction of battery minerals under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act risks facilitating a rollback of environmental and social safeguards, leaving the effectiveness of new corporate accountability legislation in the balance. Caroline Avan (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre), Robin Roels (EU Raw Materials Coalition; Europe Environmental Bureau) and Tommy Pratama (Traction Energy Asia) explain.
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