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briefing Human rights defenders & business in 2021: Protecting the rights of people driving a just transition
Human rights defenders protect our communities, rights, natural resources and our shared planet. They are vital leaders of the global climate justice movement and a just transition to green economies. Yet they face intolerable risks. Read our annual analysis of attacks against the human rights defenders who raise concerns about business operations.
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briefing Internet shutdowns in Africa: Addressing the human rights responsibilities of telecoms companies
Internet shutdowns endanger the right to freedom of expression, infringe on international human rights law and create losses for telecoms companies. What can telecoms companies do to ensure they are respecting rights?
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briefing Navigating the surveillance technology ecosystem: A human rights due diligence guide for investors
Grounded in the perspectives of digital rights advocates, due diligence modelling experts and investors, this Guide seeks to help investors navigate the surveillance technology ecosystem by examining risks and providing questions regarding governance, policy and practice; product life cycle; and remedy to support investor human rights due diligence and decision making.
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briefing SLAPPs in Latin America: Strategic lawsuits against public participation in the context of business and human rights
Between January 2015 - December 2021, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre recorded more than 385 cases which bear the hallmarks of Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs), used to silence those who speak out in favour of human rights in the face of irresponsible or harmful business operations. At least 149 of these cases took place in Latin America. This briefing explores case studies in the region and sets out recommendations for activists, civil society organisations and governments to prevent and defend against the use of SLAPPs.
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briefing Closing the gap: Evidence for effective human rights due diligence from five years measuring company efforts to address forced labour
Delays to the EU’s legislative proposal for mHREDD, which will signal a step-change for corporate human rights, must be used to ensure an ambitious standard is set with tangible impacts for workers. This report provides new evidence of the urgent need for voluntary action to be strengthened with robust regulatory requirements for companies to identify human rights risks and prevent abuse.
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briefing Trouble brewing: the need for transparency in tea supply chains
Thirteen million workers who toil on tea plantations have suffered from endemic human rights abuses, while the tea companies they pick for have evaded responsibility for their supply chain workers. We reached out to 65 tea companies urging them to reveal where they source from and how they carry out due diligence.
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briefing Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark 2021
A rights-respecting renewable energy will be vital if we are to deliver a fast and fair energy transition. This second global human rights benchmark examines the human rights policies of 15 of the largest wind and solar companies.
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briefing Corporate Rights or Human Rights? How trade and investment agreements could threaten human rights due diligence laws
Discover why states should combine the introduction of human rights and environmental due diligence legislation with reform of trade and investment agreements, removing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses, and with them the ability of irresponsible corporations to undermine vital new regulation.
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briefing Beyond social auditing: Key considerations for mandating effective due diligence
To realise its potential, the EU Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative must drive action beyond the mechanical tick-box exercise which has characterised too many companies’ approaches to their duty of care to workers and communities. This briefing outlines starting points for mandating effective due diligence for policymakers and legislators.
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briefing Hearing the human: Ensuring due diligence legislation effectively amplifies the voices of those affected by irresponsible business
The EU’s Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative, including mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence, offers an opportunity to prioritise environmental protection, human rights and long-term business sustainability, including the safety of human rights defenders (HRDs). We discussed safe and effective engagement with over 60 HRDs and developed recommendations to the European Commission, EU Parliament and Council of the EU.
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