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update Weekly Update 16 April | USA: Clearview AI’s facial recognition tech allegedly designed for surveillance of marginalised groups
Amazon, Google, & Microsoft allegedly operating and expanding water-intensive data centres in some of the world’s driest regions | Uganda: Activists arrested for protests against funding of EACOP project | Canada: Migrant construction worker deported after whistleblowing in wage theft, contract substitution & exploitation case | S. Korea: USA bans imports from country’s largest salt farm over forced labour claims | Italy: Luxury brand Richemont sues union officials for defamation following migrant worker protests | Israel/OPT: Dutch company linked to export of dogs allegedly used by Israeli military to commit war crimes against Palestinians | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 9 April | 3,000 workers laid off as Amazon’s warehouse closures spark investor concern
UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution enhancing protections for human rights defenders from new tech threats | Kenya: Court rules it can hear case against Meta over alleged hate speech during Tigray war | Peru: Indigenous communities protest Glencore’s copper mine expansion | Malaysia: Glove maker YTY engaging supplier Mediceram over forced labour allegations | Germany: BDI urges German companies to uphold diversity programmes despite US pressure | Türkiye: Boycott call targets companies linked to government amid political crackdown | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 4 April | Veolia’s toxic waste allegedly threatens water for 200,000 in Colombia
Pegasus spyware allegedly used to target two Serbian investigative journalists | Cameroon: Sinosteel's Lobé-Kribi iron ore project poses alleged environmental and social concerns | Brazil: Swiss Re linked to new insurance cases involving deforestation & rights violations against Indigenous & quilombola communities | Thailand: Migrant workers missing after earthquake skyscraper collapse, linked to substandard steel bars | Bosnia & Herzegovina: Water company settles discrimination case with Romani families over access to water & sanitation | Israel/OPT: HD Hyundai machinery allegedly used in West Bank demolitions
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update The threat to activism: Greenpeace ordered to pay $660m in lawsuit
South Africa: WWF challenges environmental exemption for Kropz mine | Colombia: Ecopetrol faces allegations of environmental negligence and corporate misconduct | West Papua: Indigenous Peoples call for boycott of major brands over alleged deforestation & land rights violations | Lithuania: Tech firm Raydiant accused of violating labour laws after insolvency leaves workers without pay or benefits | Israel/OPT: Google employees & activists raise concerns over tech company's deepening ties to Israeli military operations amid Wiz deal
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update Weekly Update 19 March | EU: Coffee sector urged to end 'harmful' lobbying against deforestation regulation
Courts back Indigenous Peoples' and Quilombolas' compensation claims | Women workers' struggle | Meta allegedly set up system to share private user data with China, whistleblower claims | Victims of alleged attacks by Bamburi Cement security personnel file lawsuit | Brazil & Mexico: Report links Hyundai and Kia’s steel supply to companies with human rights and environmental violations | Bangladesh: Garment factories fail to pay workers' December wages, amid order reductions & financial crises | Greece: Private cos. providing security & surveillance implicated in human rights abuses at Samos refugee camp | Türkiye: TikTok content moderators sue Telus Digital over allegations of poor conditions and union retaliation
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 52, March 2025: The U'wa Nation, private sector, and climate crisis: collective rights in the Inter-American system
After decades of fighting to protect their environment and culture, the U'wa people of north-east Colombia have secured a ruling in their favour from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The ruling is a milestone in the U'wa’s struggle for justice, but also an important precedent: it is the first time the Court has referenced the “triple planetary crisis” of pollution, biodiversity loss and the climate crisis in relation to the state obligation to respect and guarantee the right to a healthy environment, with important implications for the intersection of business, human rights, and Indigenous rights in Latin America.
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update Tech accountability in focus | Issue 1
The first edition of Tech Accountability in Focus brings you the latest tech accountability essentials - including the biggest human rights stories linked to the sector, regulatory developments, investor updates, and insights from our engagement with companies linked to allegations of abuse.
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update Weekly Update 13 March | Brazil: Energy giants accused of land grabbing for wind projects
Africa: Telecoms companies reportedly complicit in human rights violations associated with record high internet shutdowns in 2024 | Mexico: Environmental defender Cristino Castro Perea allegedly killed for opposing coastal hotel developments | Sri Lanka: Investigation reveals poor conditions on tea estates certified by Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade | Serbia: Cellebrite suspends services over allegations its tech was used by police to plant spyware | Sudan: Multinational brands at risk of financing conflict through gum arabic supply chains
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update Weekly Update 5 March | Nestlé & Starbucks coffee allegedly fuelling farmer poverty
Zimbabwe: Security guards of state-owned diamond firm allegedly killed & tortured artisanal miners | Brazil: Vale sued over heavy metal contamination affecting Xikrin Indigenous Peoples | S. Korea: Hyundai Engineering under investigation following bridge collapse that killed four workers | EU: European human rights body rules that Facebook algorithms enable gender discrimination in job ads | Türkiye: Kurdish workers face deadly conditions in construction sector | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 26 February | Breaking news: CSDDD under attack - businesses, experts, investors and activists speak out
Businesses, banks and activists resist EC plans to strip back human rights legislation | Sanctions, financial aid and the role of business under spotlight on third anniversary of Ukraine invasion | Tesla under fire for multiple alleged abuses at its factories | JCB machinery allegedly used in state-led demolitions targeting marginalised communities in Palestine, India and Kashmir | Anti-EACOP pipeline activists claim delayed prosecution is taking a financial and psychological toll | Brazil: StoneX allegedly connected to gold suppliers who have been fined for illegal deforestation and the irregular use of mercury in the Amazon; incl. company’s comments | Nepal: One third of dialysis patients are Gulf returnees, having endured harsh working conditions under "endless" hours of labour incl. in extreme heat | Italy: Manufacturers cut “secret deals” to illegally dispose of toxic waste; ECHR condemns state for failing to protect citizens | Israel/OPT: AP exposes Big Tech AI systems' direct use in warfare amid Israel's war on Gaza
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