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briefing Due diligence and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in Colombia: The role of business in conflict and post-conflict situations
In February 2021, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre delivered a public forum and a workshop with civil society organisations in Colombia on the role of business in conflict and post-conflict situations, with a focus on human rights due diligence and the UN Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
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briefing All at sea: An evaluation of company efforts to address modern slavery in Pacific supply chains of canned tuna
Tuna is one of the world’s most lucrative fish, with many of the world’s fishing grounds located in the Pacific. Fishers in this multi-billion dollar industry face some of the worst abuses encountered in any sector, anywhere. Our survey of 35 canned tuna companies and supermarkets, two years on from our initial outreach, found glacial progress on actions which really matter to workers trapped in modern slavery.
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briefing Wage theft and pandemic profits: The right to a living wage for garment workers
A year into the pandemic, garment workers producing for major fashion brands are owed months of unpaid wages, benefits and severance pay while most brands record large profits. The impacts of wage theft are amplified for garment workers who have only ever earned poverty wages.
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briefing In the line of fire: Increased legal protection needed as attacks against business & human rights defenders mount in 2020
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked 604 attacks against HRDs focused on business-related activities in 2020. Our data and case studies reveal increased attacks call for increased legal protection for those defending human rights.
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briefing UK Modern Slavery Act: Missed opportunities and urgent lessons
The Act aims to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in companies’ operations or supply chains. Our analysis finds it has failed in its stated intentions.
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briefing Workers at risk: Labour rights in Jordan during COVID-19
Tracking the impact of the pandemic on workers in Jordan, many of whom already find themselves in vulnerable circumstances due to their migrant status and systemic labour exploitation.
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briefing Transition Minerals Tracker: Global analysis of human rights policies and practices
The Tracker researched the human rights policies and practices of 102 companies which hold a majority market share in one of the six key commodities vital to the clean energy transition. Many of these companies are beset with human rights allegations, 276 have been identified in the last ten years.
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briefing Masking Misery: The COVID-19 pandemic and migrant workers in São Paulo's fashion industry
We surveyed 146 migrant workers in São Paulo’s fashion industry, most of whom are Bolivian women, to understand how workers were impacted by the pandemic
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briefing Just recovery in peril: Human Rights Defenders face increasing risk during COVID-19
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked 286 cases of attacks against defenders focused on business-related activities since the onset of COVID-19. Our data and case studies revealing increasing human rights risk to those working hardest to defend them.
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