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Article

28 Sep 2006

Author:
Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty Intl. UK, in Financial Times

Debate on human rights not polarised [UK]

Sir, Your reporting on the companies bill mistakenly focuses on "pestering" by "green" lobby groups. Amnesty International is part of a broader coalition of groups pressing the government to ensure that UK plc is more accountable to all its stakeholders as their behaviour affects far more than climate change...The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly says that all organs of society must respect human rights within their sphere of influence. An amended companies bill, the biggest shake-up in company law for a century, should provide the basis for this long-overdue accountability.