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Series States must seize the opportunity the Guiding Principles offer them to bolster their legislation
Interview with Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba, executive director, AFREWATCH
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Series Our legal actions tell companies they cannot abuse the rights of communities and remain unpunished
The Corporate Legal Accountability team interviews Foromo Frédéric Loua, Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (Guinea): "Companies’ awareness is increasing, and they are gradually understanding that they cannot expect to abuse the rights of communities and remain unpunished."
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Series The Movement and the IGWiG
The most obvious place for the movement to start would be to press the members of the IGWiG to focus on remedy, in particular remedies provided by states.
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Series "Ready, Steady, Debate!": Treaty Talks Begin at UN
The right treaty can benefit everyone and cohere with the Guiding Principles; to get there, we need a broad open debate.
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Series Through strategic litigation, there is a chance to impact the law or create a change in policy
The Corporate Legal Accountability team interviews Febi Yonesta, LBH Jakarta (Indonesia): "In most cases of human rights abuses caused by companies, the loss the victims face is huge and cannot be recovered without serious efforts from the government or the business entity...Often, the victim will not have the strength to face a long court process and the prolonged process will cause the business to pay more."
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