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Global ICT hardware companies fail to address forced labor risks, new report finds
Tech sector is way behind the curve as stronger regulations in many jurisdictions increase scrutiny and insist vulnerable workers are protected.
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Qatar World Cup 2022 marred by migrant worker abuse
The Qatar World Cup 2022 ended on International Migrants Day after a tournament marred by abuse of migrant workers, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
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Post Roe v Wade overturn, tech and finance companies putting users at risk from lack of corporate due diligence
Amid the rollback of reproductive rights in the United States, a new report warns companies are unaware of how the user data they collect and store could lead to the criminalization of those seeking, providing or facilitating abortions.
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Qatar World Cup: The human cost of the Group Stage fixtures
Ahead of Sunday’s kickoff, we look at the stadiums where the 32 World Cup teams are playing and the human cost to build them. Since 2014, we have tracked 60 cases of alleged abuse associated with World Cup projects – stadiums and training sites – including 46 cases where workers named stadiums they had worked on.
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African security workers faced severe labour abuses in Qatar ahead of World Cup 2022
With less than one week until the FIFA World Cup 2022 kicks off in Qatar, data showed African workers have been subject to at least 63 cases of labour rights abuse in Qatar between January 2016 and November 2022.
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New guide stresses urgent need for rights-respecting renewable investment – or risk a failed energy transition
Project delays, community conflict and ballooning costs are the price investors could pay if they ignore human rights risks in the renewables sector.
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Crackdown on trade unions leads to increased worker exploitation in Asia’s garment sector
Suppression of freedom of association has caused a spike in other labour abuses, including gender-based violence and harassment.
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Leading businesses, investors and civil society groups call on the Prime Minister to pass new law requiring companies to carry out human rights and environmental due diligence
Signatories include British Retail Consortium, Tesco, Mars, abrdn, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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Surveillance technology companies complicit in human rights abuses in MENA region
Surveillance industry secrecy puts migrants, asylum seekers and refugees at risk due to lack of regulation over these technologies.
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