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6 Mar 2012

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ETF Daily News [USA]

iShares Files For iShares Human Rights Index Fund ETF [USA]

iShares has filed paperwork with the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] for a “iShares Human Rights Index Fund"…[which] aims to exclude companies that have economic associations with countries or regimes…implicated in…serious human rights violations, including, but not limited to, acts that result in widespread death, torture, rape, slavery, forced labor, and forced displacement of communities. In addition, companies with substantial economic associations with repressive regimes with poor human rights records…are excluded. Further violations may also include…actions taken by company employees, local military, security personnel, private military, or civilian contractors.