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Author: Olivier Petitjean, Observatoire des Multinationales
« Comment gagner 5 milliards ? Albert Frère, de la sidérurgie wallonne à la guerre civile en Syrie», 5 décembre 2018...
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Fundamental Rights Agency finds that civil society in EU is facing increasing challenges & explores role of business
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) report from January 2018 looked into the different types and patterns of challenges that civil society organizations working on human rights face in the European Union. In September 2018, FRA...
Author: La Première (Belgique)
« Au Bout du Jour - Séquence DDH: Droits de l'Homme en Entreprise», 3 décembre 2018...
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Commentary: European Parliamentarians want to move on human rights due diligence legislation, says ECCJ
Author: European Coalition for Corporate Justice
ECCJ [...] spoke to the Belgian federal parliament’s intergroup on Fair Trade at its annual meeting on 20 November 2018... The intergroup's members expressed interest in further discussions on possible human rights due diligence rules for Belgium.....
- Related in-depth areas: Human rights due diligence
Pressure growing for a UN Binding Treaty with or without the EU’s support
Author: CIDSE
This week saw the first round of substantive negotiations on the Draft Zero of the treaty. In the Human Rights Council room...Many states proclaimed their support for the UN binding treaty process, as did Church actors at global, European, and Latin...
Day 5 of negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Author: ECCJ
The fifth and final day was decisive for the future of a binding UN Treaty on business and human rights. The final report, with its conclusions and recommendations, points the way forward....
Author: Jean-Pierre Stroobants, Le Monde
« La « plus grande grève de l’histoire » de Ryanair se profile », 11 septembre 2018...
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Author: 20 Minutes
« Forte grève attendue chez Ryanair mercredi et jeudi, 100.000 passagers touchés », 24 juillet 2017...
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EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Report examines role of trade unions
Author: Arbeit und Leben DGB/VHS
Starting from the fiscal year 2017, certain large undertakings within the EU will have to publish non-financial statements. These non-financial statements include employment and social matters and are thus expected to have an impact on labour r...