5 results
-
update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 37, December 2020: Corporate Human Rights Litigation: Trends from 200 Seminal Lawsuits
For the past 12 years, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked lawsuits brought against companies around the world to redress their negative human rights impacts. This December, we launched our Lawsuits Database, which includes the 200 cases we have profiled to date. Here’s a brief look into what our database tells us about litigation as a strategic tool for corporate legal accountability.
Read more -
update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 36, September 2020: Victims’ Rights under the Second Revised Draft
The long-awaited Second Revised Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights was published on 6 August 2020, bringing high hopes for accountability in cases of corporate human rights abuses. How does this draft compare to the 2019 Revised Draft and what does it mean for the rights and protection of victims of corporate abuse?
Read more -
update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 35, June 2020: Companies abuse lawsuits to silence critics, even amidst a global pandemic
The judicial harassment of human rights defenders (HRDs) holding business to account has increased by 84% in 2019 compared to the previous year, reaching a five-year high. Amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, companies and governments around the world continue to drag critics through the courts to silence them.
Read more -
update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 34, March 2020: Civil society is key to environmental litigation holding companies to account
Communities and individuals across the globe whose livelihoods and natural resources are harmed or threatened by business operations are using environmental litigation as a key strategic tool to assert their human rights. The past decade has seen a steady increase in lawsuits brought directly against companies to redress climate and other environmental harm.
Read more -
update Archive of Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Updates
The Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update (formerly Quarterly Bulletin) is published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to assist all those following corporate legal accountability issues. It highlights key developments, new cases profiled on our site, updates to existing profiles, and other news.
Read more