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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 51, December 2024: Binding treaty negotiations 2024: Overview, key issues and opportunities
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the Human Rights Council Resolution 26/9 that created the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on a legally binding instrument (LBI) on business and human rights. Since then, the legislative landscape has evolved significantly around the world, with momentum behind mandatory due diligence initiatives growing quickly – opening up new possibility for development of a strong LBI and robust negotiations during the December 2024 session...
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 34 (Dec 2024) | Myanmar: Airbus allegedly linked to major junta arms supplier Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)
The bi-monthly newsletter serves as a platform for updates, insights and tools on key topics relating to social and environmental impacts of Chinese overseas investments and business and as a resource to promote peer learning and informed decision-making.
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update Who pays for the crisis? | December 2024 newsletter
Workers continue to experience reduced work and layoffs | Demand-side triggers: weak demand and global instability in orders | Supply-side triggers: escalating costs and pressures | Sourcing strategies: brands’ cost-driven choices in dealing with demand and supply side triggers | Feature focus: Bangladesh
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update Weekly Update 11 December | Land seizure, rape & murder: companies accused in Kenya
Newly proposed mining standard could threaten communities, workers and Indigenous Peoples, finds analysis by CSOs | Uganda: Court orders Mayuge Sugar to compensate workers for labour rights violations | USA: Govt. investigates meal kit company HelloFresh over allegations of migrant child labour | India: 40 years after the Bhopal Disaster, corporations continue to evade accountability | Italy: ‘Madagascar Circus’ shut over alleged exploitation of undocumented workers | Saudi Arabia: NEOM megacity business partners should beware land and migrant workers' rights, greenwashing & environmental degradation, says NGO | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 4 December | Spain introduces “paid climate leave” to help workers during extreme weather
VOLKSWAGEN TO EXIT XINJIANG OVER FORCED LABOUR CONCERNS | AUSTRALIA PUSHED TO STRENGTHEN REGULATION FOR BUSINESS | 5 of 7 ITUC "corporate underminers of democracy" decline to respond to alleged human rights abuse; incl. of labour, land, environmental & Indigenous Peoples' rights | Mozambique: Report finds that TotalEnergies was aware of accusations of abuses committed by soldiers charged with protecting its gas site in early 2021 | Brazil: Quilombola communities warn of conflicts and environmental harm linked to iron ore projects | China: Globalworks Lund AB publishes three-part report highlighting labour and human rights risks in Shein and Temu supply chains | Israel/OPT: Over 800 European financial institutions have financial relationships with 58 companies actively involved in illegal Israeli settlements, report finds | Lebanon: Israel used Boeing-made weapon component in airstrike on journalists, according to HRW
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update Weekly Update 27 November | China: Microsoft & Google linked to surveillance startups
Amazon workers in over 20 countries to stage strikes and protests on Black Friday | Uganda: 15 activists arrested over anti-EACOP protest | USA: Federal agency and companies blamed for fatal crash, exposing gaps in labour & safety laws | Indonesia: CSOs & Indigenous Peoples condemn human rights violations against Pocoleok Community linked to Ulumbu Geothermal Plant expansion | UK: Peace Brigades International UK calls for Govt. to adopt Business, Human Rights & Environment Act | Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund ‘facilitated & benefited’ from human rights abuses, finds Human Rights Watch | Romania: Factory closure leaves 100+ workers jobless after luxury brands reportedly shift orders & lower prices | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 20 November | Torture at Abu Ghraib - US defence contractor found liable
COP29: Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegates from vulnerable nations | Mozambique: Internet providers urged to restore access amid government-imposed shutdowns | Brazil: Court acquits Samarco, Vale and BHP of criminal charges relating to Fundão dam collapse | Myanmar: IndustriALL & local unions file complaints against Next, New Yorker & LPP over continued sourcing amid workers' rights violations | Spain: Victim expands lawsuit to hold NSO founders & affiliate executive accountable for alleged spyware abuses | Israel/OPT: Ben & Jerry's launches legal action against parent company Unilever, accusing it of blocking statements in support of Palestine amid Israel's war on Gaza
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update Weekly Update 13 November | Companies accused of endangering workers amid deadly Spanish floods
Eswatini: Textile factory closure leaves 120 jobless following decline in orders & wage delays | Guatemala: Human rights defender killed the day before legal battle with palm oil company Industrias Chiquibul | Malaysia: Owners of software provider Bestinet & recruitment agency Catharsis accused of migrant trafficking | UK: 15,000 Bolt drivers win legal claim to be classed as employees | Saudia Arabia: FIFA accused of ‘abandoning’ rights policies & ignoring risks to migrant workers ahead of 2034 men’s World Cup bid award | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 6 November | Saudi Arabia: Human rights assessment for World Cup bid ‘shockingly poor’
Mozambique: CSOs urge Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo to withdraw funding for Eni's Coral North floating liquefied natural gas project | Brazil: Petrochemical co. Braskem accused of crimes linked to sinking ground in Maceió | Bangladesh: Nearly 12,000 workers on the brink of starvation as Kurma Tea plantation fails to pay wages for 7 weeks | EU: European Chemicals Agency finds banned chemicals in 6% of inspected cosmetics products | Saudi Arabia: Food commerce co. Carrefour accused of severe labour exploitation of migrants | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 30 October | Israel/OPT: US firm proposes biometric screening to access aid in Gaza
Kenya: G4S guards accused of violently assaulting locals at Del Monte pineapple farm | Brazil: BHP & Vale reach USD31.7b settlement over 2015 Fundão dam collapse | Netherlands: Greenhouse grower fined for violating labour laws regarding over 200 Ukrainian migrant workers | Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers face ‘gruelling hours’ beyond legal limits on NEOM megacity project | and much more...
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