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  Through strategic litigation, there is a chance to impact the law or create a change in policy

  30 Jun 2015 Febi Yonesta, director, LBH Jakarta (Indonesia)

  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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• Regulatory initiatives on business & human rights: Where are the victims?

  24 Jun 2015 Surya Deva, Associate Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

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• Brazil: What is the human rights legacy of mega sporting events & construction projects?

  23 Jun 2015 Julia Mello Neiva, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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• “What human rights?” Why some companies speak out while others don’t

  17 Jun 2015 Mauricio Lazala & Joe Bardwell, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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• Forging new legal ground: Why families & survivors of the Karachi factory fire could spell the end of voluntary corporate responsibility

  16 Jun 2015 Miriam Saage-Maaß, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

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• Business & human rights in Malaysia: A report from Kuala Lumpur

  16 Jun 2015 Annabel Short, Irene Pietropaoli, and Sumi Dhanarajan (board member), Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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• Justice in Fragile States: Seeking corporate legal accountability in the domestic courts of Democratic Republic of Congo

  9 Jun 2015 Shira Stanton & Jean-Philippe Kot, Avocats Sans Frontières

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• Philippines factory fire: 72 workers need not have died

  8 Jun 2015 Irene Pietropaoli, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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  Legal remedies do not only mean compensation - they mean prevention

  3 Jun 2015 Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla, co-founding director, Community Resource Centre (Thailand)

  The Corporate Legal Accountability team interviews Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla, Community Resource Centre (Thailand): "When we talk about legal remedies, it does not only mean compensation, it also involves prevention – stopping an abuse before it happens."

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• Report from Intl. Commission of Jurists workshop on proposed treaty on business & human rights

  1 Jun 2015 Doug Cassel, Notre Dame Law School

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