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List of large businesses, associations & investors with public statements & endorsements in support of human rights due diligence regulation
Author: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Large businesses (>1 bn € turnover) and associations with public statements and endorsements in support of mandatory human rights due diligence (non-comprehensive list), last updated 18 November 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News Latest news on mandatory human rights due diligence
- Related companies: "S Group" Barry Callebaut BMW Coca-Cola Finland Daimler Fazer Group Firmenich Heineken IKEA Kesko KiK Mars Mercuria Energy Migros Mondelēz International Nestlé Netherlands Novo Nordisk (part of Novo Group) Rabobank Sampo Group Stora Enso Tchibo Trafigura Beheer Wihuri Group
Govt. of Pakistan blacklists recruitment agents after 25 migrant workers exploited and stranded in UAE
The Pakistan government has taken action against what has been called a "fake visa and recruitment scam network [with] deep roots in Pakistan". Reports surfaced of 25 men recruited to work as security guards in Dubai by fraudulent recruiters operating...
Author: Pieter Van Nuffel, Data News (Belgique)
« Des firmes technologiques rejettent la proposition du service de renseignements britannique », 31 mai 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights
- Related companies: Facebook Whatsapp (part of Facebook)
Author: Chris Reynolds, La Presse (Canada)
« Réglementation de l'intelligence artificielle: le Canada à la traîne », 19 mai 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights Technology and Human Rights: Artificial Intelligence
Author: Shoshanna Solomon, Times of Israel
« Amnesty porte plainte contre la licence d’exportation du NSO Group », 14 mai 2019 ...
- Related in-depth areas: Dernières infos juridiques Dernières infos sur les défenseurs des droits de l'homme
- Related companies: NSO Group
Amnesty backs legal action against Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware use against Human Rights Defenders
On 13 May 2019, Amnesty International and New York University announced they were backing legal action against the Israeli Ministry of Defence, demanding that it revoke the export license of NSO Group, an Israeli company whose spyware products have...
Author: Pierre Motin, Le Petit Journal (Cambodge)
« Droits de l’homme : les grandes enseignes de prêt-à-porter préoccupées », 7 mai 2019 ...
- Related companies: adidas Esprit Gap Levi Strauss Nike
Virgin CEO & 20 other executives sign onto initiative in support of LBGT+ rights; urge other businesses to follow suit
Author: Hugo Greenhalgh, Thomson Reuters Foundation
"Billionaire Branson urges business to back LGBT+ rights", 2 May 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news: CEO activism and other positive business initiatives to protect civic freedoms
- Related companies: Citigroup Deutsche Bank Morgan Stanley Nomura Pearson Unilever Virgin Group
Dutch oil & gas sector failing to abide by OECD guidelines, finds Dutch National Contact Point
At the request of the Dutch government, the Dutch National Contact Point investigated the compliance of the Dutch oil and gas sector with the OECD Guidelines. This is the first time an NCP was asked to carry out a cross sector research and to give...