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Article

19 Apr 2017

Author:
Kristina Novak, Liberty Asia

Commentary: The Legal Case Map, a key resource for firms' human rights & modern slavery risk management

"Innovative Tech Tools Changing Modern Slavery Risk Perception", 13 Apr 2017

[C]hanging expectations of business on human rights risk management require a significant shift in its current due diligence process, specifically in the way risk is identified...Liberty Asia, in partnership with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, have created a Legal Case Map, providing...a detailed understanding of past cases and the cost to society and to the corporations of human rights violations including modern slavery and trafficking.  The map plots and describes ways businesses have been held legally accountable...this tool is a key resource for business and human rights risk...

Part of the following timelines

DJ Houghton lawsuit (re trafficked Lithuanian migrants)

Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)