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Article

14 Jun 2006

Author:
Lee Berthiaume, Embassy [Canadian magazine]

Getting Corporations to Respect Human Rights

Companies that want to start up new projects, even in many developing countries, are often subject to government studies or must conduct their own to determine how the projects will impact the local environment and the social and economic well being of local communities. But Diana Bronson, Rights and Democracy's globalization and human rights coordinator, says human rights have often been overlooked... The human rights impact assessment devised by Rights and Democracy consists of interviews and a 75-page questionnaire. [refers to TVI Pacific, Nortel Networks]