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Article

9 Mar 2004

Author:
Peter Frankental, Economic Relations Director, Amnesty International UK, letter to editor of Financial Times

CBI [Confederation of British Industry] must follow rights roadmap

It is disappointing to see the CBI embark on an exercise of misinformation in its attempt to discredit the "UN human rights norms for business"...Rather than engage in a scaremongering exercise directed at the UK government, the CBI would do better to take heed of recent reports exposing corporate complicity in human rights abuses across a number of industries.