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Author: Dominique Soguel-dit-Picard, Swissinfo
« Glencore répond aux critiques sur son bilan humain », 15 avril 2019 ...
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Brazil: 86 NGOs write to business partners & investors of Vale, raising concerns about human rights violations related to the Brumadinho dam disaster
[To read this story in Portuguese, click here] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited 21 companies to respond to letters from 86 organizations from across the world raising concerns about the impacts and human rights violations related to...
Mongolia: Herders successfully reach tripartite settlement to remain on heritage land following lawsuit over impact of Oyu Tolgoi mine
Author: Rod Austin, Guardian (UK)
"An example to all': the Mongolian herders who took on a corporate behemoth – and won", 8 Apr 2019...
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Uganda: Total seeks govt.'s intervention in resolving communities' dispute over oil project's name
Author: Tobbias Jolly Owiny & Anthony Atiko, Daily Monitor (Uganda)
"Total asks govt to intervene in Tilenga project name wrangle"...
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Zimbabwe: ZELA’s responsible investment campaign urges govt. & companies to respect communities' rights in mining areas
Author: Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)
“Citizens call for responsible investment” ...
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Cambodia: A Bunong ethnic community claims local authorities have not measured land for the Hill Tribes Cultural Centre
Author: Savi Khorn, The Phnom Penh Post
"Ethnic cultural centre in land dispute", 6 March 2019...
Commentary: Business, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Security in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Author: Núria Reguart-Segarra, Universitat Jaume I, on Business Human Rights Journal
"Business, Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Security in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights", 19 Feb 2019...
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Australia: Court orders Ostwald Construction to pay [AUD]$430,000 for desecrating site sacred to indigenous people
Author: Stuart Layt, Brisbane Times
"'Gross negligence': Company cleared 'sacred' Indigenous land", 5 March 2019 A construction company has been forced to pay more than $430,000 for failing to protect Indigenous artefacts on its central Queensland quarry site, in what's been described b...
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