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update Weekly Update 16 November | Qatar World Cup: New abuses revealed as tournament kicks-off
Major media outlets join forces to back UN chief’s call for windfall tax on fossil fuel companies; 2 NGOs sue Perenco oil company for alleged pollution & environmental damage in DRC; JBS confirms purchase of almost 9,000 cattle from Brazilian rancher with conviction for slave labour & multiple fines for deforestation; CSOs demand Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank end alleged intimidation of Indigenous communities by AIIB-funded tourism project in Indonesia; and much more
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update Weekly Update 09 November | COP27: Every company must adjust business model to avoid climate catastrophe, says UN
Glencore ordered to pay GBP276.4m by UK court over bribery charges; firm flew private jets to courier illicit cash payments across West Africa; German co. Wintershall Dea allegedly delivers gas condensate to suppliers of Russian Air Force, accused of war crimes; Basoko communities in DRC accuse Xiang Jiang Mining of continuing operations in Congo River Basin despite official suspension; Indigenous community members in Peru seek to become shareholders in Las Bambas mine to protect their rights, says leader; FIFA CEO letter telling FAs to 'focus on the football' draws criticism from fan & rights groups; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 02 November | Killings of Indigenous defenders protecting lands against mining & renewables
Collapse of Indian footbridge kills 134 - officials say bridge, maintained by Oreva, was unfit for public use after repairs; Russia bans 45 foreign-owned banks or banking units from selling their shares - those banks now need Putin's approval to sell local assets; 22 Indigenous communities in Liberia sue Salala Rubber Corporation for alleged displacement & loss of livelihoods; Tech companies failed to follow through on agreements to tackle disinformation during Brazilian election, allege CSOs; Australian football team release statement on migrant workers' rights & same-sex relationships in Qatar; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 26 October | Binding treaty: Activists demand progress and Geneva negotiations
Pay Your Workers calls on adidas to sign binding agreement to ensure respect for workers' rights & remediation for wage theft; Call for release of 9 students in Uganda arrested for supporting EU resolution on halting EACOP project over human rights & environmental concerns; Significant overlap between active oil fields, Indigenous land & protected areas in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru, finds study; Al-Messila, French team hotel for World Cup, terminates contract with security provider as guards allege poor living & working conditions; and much more...
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 42, October 2022: Proposed binding treaty on business and human rights: Taking stock 8 years into negotiations
Eight years into the treaty negotiating process, which began in 2014, it seems like a good time to reflect on the proposed legally binding treaty negotiations with new perspectives on the treaty and the negotiation process, from academics, government, and civil society.
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update Weekly Update 19 October | Lafarge fined USD777.8m after pleading guilty to financially supporting ISIS
Oilfield service firm Schlumberger allegedly refusing to authorise remote working as Russian employees receive military draft notices; BHP under pressure from UK investors to accelerate reparation of Mariana dam collapse; Dominican Republican sugar exporter Central Romana’s ‘paramilitary’ security allegedly abuse & intimidate workers living on plantations; CSO alleges Apple hosts apps which fund Myanmar military junta; Sartex garment factory workers in Armenia strike; Members of Indigenous Al-Howeiti tribe receive death sentences in Saudi Arabia after opposing Neom mega-project land evictions; and much more
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update Weekly Update 12 October | Brazil: Investigation alleges JBS poultry linked to Amazon deforestation
TikTok allegedly profiting from livestreams of displaced families in Syrian camps; Mossville, USA, residents seek remedy from Sasol for chemical complex expansion & associated harms; PT PLN Persero’s 100-megawatt coal power plant in Indonesia will produce carcinogenic fumes & lacks impact assessment, activists allege; UK court rules harmful posts on Instagram & Pinterest contributed to suicide of 14-year-old girl; OHCHR calls on Egyptian Govt. to ensure safe & full participation of civil society ahead of COP27 after alleged crackdowns, arrests & detentions; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 05 October | Myanmar: Widespread labour rights violations allegedly affect 24,000 workers
200 human & environmental rights defenders killed in 2021, finds Global Witness report; Amazonian Indigenous org. calls on Ocho Sur's intl. buyers to demonstrate their supply chain sources are not implicated in human rights abuses; 99.8 percent of women workers in agriculture in Cambodia have informal status resulting in lack of access to labour law benefits & protections; and much more...
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