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28 Nov 2019

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Dateline Pacific, Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand talks to BHRRC about overlooked Pacific corporate human rights abuses

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"UN to discuss corporate human rights abuses in the Pacific", 27 November 2019

Representatives from civil society and some Pacific governments will gather in Geneva on Thursday to discuss human rights challenges in the region with a focus on the climate crisis and the mining industry. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, an international NGO, has been working closely with session participants. Its Pacific researcher, Amy Sinclair, told Ben Robinson Drawbridge, [Radio New Zealand] that corporate human rights abuse in the Pacific often flies under the radar.  

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