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update Weekly Update 7 April: NGOs identify threats & opportunities for garment workers across the globe amidst COVID-19 cuts in pay & severance packages
Corporate global tax deal gathers momentum ahead of G20; Telecoms companies remain silent on internet shutdown during Congo elections; Black US executives urge companies to speak out on restrictive voting laws; Philippines trade unions call on govt. to denounce anti-union violence; Indigenous peoples & forest communities issue recommendations for effective EU laws on corporate governance, due diligence & forest commodity risk; and more
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update Weekly Update 31 March: Brands face boycott in China over decision not to source Xinjiang cotton due to allegations of forced labour in the region
Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update focuses on auditor accountability; Report finds Deliveroo payments below minimum wage; Malawian women tea plantation workers sue employer Lujeri and UK parent company PGI in UK courts, alleging systemic sexual harassment & abuse; National football associations face pressure to boycott 2022 Qatar World Cup following thousands of migrant worker deaths; and more.
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 38, March 2021: Who Audits the Auditor?: Shaping Legal Accountability Strategies to Redress Social Audit Failings
This issue of our Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update highlights efforts in shaping strategies to hold liable the social auditing firms that enable and profit from social audit failings.
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update Weekly Update 24 March: Gig worker advances in Europe & Africa
In Myanmar wage dispute ends in tragedy as garment worker killed & 70 arrested after factory owner calls in military; Facebook announces first corporate human rights policy amid fresh concerns over disinformation & governance; Indonesian seaweed farmers win class action lawsuit against PTTEP Australia over loss of livelihood caused by oil spill; Workers in Qatar tell of unsanitary, cramped & inhumane COVID-19 quarantine; and more...
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 13 (Mar 2021) | Investors, businesses and global retail brands call for respect for human rights and democracy in Myanmar
Updates on Myanmar: Investors, businesses and global retail brands release statements urging for respect for human rights and democracy in the country; Cambodia: Communities impacted by Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project seek IFC dispute resolution process; Companies' responses
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update Weekly Update 17 March: Pressure mounts on companies failing to respect human rights following Myanmar coup
Greenpeace report finds certification schemes have failed to stop ecosystem destruction & human rights abuses; Journalists covering violence linked to Mozambique’s USD 50 billion liquefied natural gas industry face arrest & unlawful detention; Auditors, certification firms & organisations respond to concerns on monitoring in Xinjiang; Indigenous Peoples & CSOs call on chemical co. BASF to address Nornickel's impacts in Russia’s far north; and more.
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update Weekly Update 10 March: Private security accused of unlawful killings & bombings in Mozambique
Frontline communities resist destructive development agendas in Madagascar; Rio Tinto leadership to resign over Juukan Gorge destruction; Indigenous communities & NGOs sue supermarket Casino in France over alleged links to deforestation & land grabs in Amazon; Rights groups raise concerns over sponsorship deal between Real Madrid & Saudi Arabian leisure mega-project; and more.
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update Weekly Update 3 March: Investigation finds 6,500 migrant workers have died in World Cup host country Qatar since 2010
Briefing finds attacks against business & human rights defenders grew in 2020; Pressure grows on international businesses to respond to Myanmar coup; Impunity persists in Honduras on 5th anniversary of Berta Cáceres murder; International actions increase against alleged Uighur forced labour; and more.
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update Weekly Update 24 February: Business community unites to back freedom & human rights in Myanmar
Ranking Digital Rights launches 2020 Corporate Accountability Index; Native Americans file suit to stop Rio Tinto and BHP copper mine plan in Arizona; Civil society condemns slaying of indigenous leaders resisting Jalaur Mega Dam in Philippines; UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are workers; and more.
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