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Series What a Biden-Harris Administration Could Mean for Human Rights in Business
Eric Biel, Jason Pielemeier and Marti Flacks have compile an ambitious but achievable set of goals for a Biden-Harris Administration as it undertakes its agenda to “build back better”.
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Post UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights at 10 – A vision for the future
The UNGPs+10 agenda must be used to create a New Social Contract and Green New Deals to deliver greater shared prosperity and security in the next decade, write Phil Bloomer and Mauricio Lazala.
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Post A vision for the next decade of business and human rights
Anita Ramasastry, Chair, and Dante Pesce, Vice-Chair of the UN Working Group, explain the UNGPs10+ project and what’s on the agenda for the next decade of business and human rights.
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Series Perspectives on EU Mandatory Due Diligence Legislation: A Resource Centre Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed our vulnerable global economic system, with workers feeling the brunt of the ensuring crisis. Can growing momentum towards mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) give hope for a more equitable future?
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Post A quarter-century later: The unfinished business of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine
Bennett Freeman reflects on significance of the 25th anniversary of the tragic execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine in the context of COVID-19, political shifts and a changing landscape for business and human rights
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Post Pesticide Poisonings in Yavatmal: Those affected take on agribusiness giant Syngenta
Christian Schliemann from ECCHR explains how companies headquartered in Europe are able to export pesticides prohibited in their countries of origin to developing countries. Drawing on a lawsuit and an OECD complaint filed by Indian farmers against Swiss giant Syngenta, Schliemann argues that voluntary commitments prove ineffective and that the way forward for victims can only lie in mandatory human rights due diligence.
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Post The Catalan Center for Business & Human Rights: An Opportunity for Catalonia
The creation of a Catalan Centre for Business and Human Rights presents an opportunity to exert change and demonstrate leadership, writes Jordi Vives Gabriel
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Post On Anti-Slavery Day: Is the UK Modern Slavery Act the best way to tackle modern slavery?
On Anti-Slavery Day we reflect on five years of the UK Modern Slavery Act. It's clear thousands of companies are failing to report or are not reporting on an annual basis as required. This patchy compliance is due, in part, to the lack of teeth available to hold companies legally accountable under the law. If we are serious about tackling all types of labour abuse, we need better laws.
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Post Europe’s new law to end corporate abuse should learn from Obama's legacy
For those in Europe seeking evidence that robust due diligence laws work both to end abuse in business and promote prevention, there are powerful lessons to learn from the new assertiveness of the Forced Labour Division of the Customs and Border Patrol.
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Post COVID-19: Spike in allegations of labour abuse against migrant workers in the Gulf
Since January 2016, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked public allegations of labour abuse against migrant workers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & the UAE. During the COVID-19 crisis we have seen a 275% increase in allegations of abuse. Here, we explore the trends of abuse we are recording against migrant workers’ living in the Gulf.
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