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Belgique: Les régions soutiennent clairement la création de règles internationales pour encadrer les activités des multinationales contrairement au gouvernement fédéral qui traîne les pieds, selon un activiste
Author: Renaud Vivien, Le Vif (Belgique)
"Combien de temps la Belgique restera-t-elle complice des crimes des multinationales?", 14 octobre 2019...
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Author: Renaud Vivien, Entraide et Fraternité, dans Le Vif (Belgique)
« Combien de temps la Belgique restera-t-elle complice des crimes des multinationales? », 13 octobre 2019...
UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries highlights the human rights impacts of the relationship between PMSCs and the extractive sector
Author: UN Human Rights Council (Geneva)
"Relationship between private military and security companies and the extractive industry from a human rights perspective. Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right...
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So. Africa: OECD refuses to investigate a complaint detailing the role of European banks in supporting and profiting from apartheid
Author: Lee-Anne Bruce, Centre for Applied Legal Studies (South Africa)
‘European authorities refuse to investigate apartheid's banks’ 29 July 2019...
Author: El Espectador
“El oro ilegal que terminó en mercados internacionales” – 24 de julio de 2019 ...
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NGOs file criminal charges over chemical exports to Syria by German companies that could be used to make sarin gas
Author: Rebecca Staudenmaier, Deutsche Welle (Allemagne)
"German firms sent weapons-grade chemicals to Syria despite sanctions — report", 25 Jun 2019...
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Report finds only two OECD Natl. Contact Point cases brought by NGOs resulted in remedy in 2018
Author: OECD Watch
"The State of Remedy under the OECD Guidelines: Understanding NCP cases concluded in 2018 through the lens of remedy", 12 Jun 2019...
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Author: Belga
« De nouvelles plaintes en Belgique et en Europe contre les publicités ciblées de Google », 4 juin 2019...
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Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs highlights importance of comprehensive approach for UNGP implementation
Author: Kingdom of Belgium Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
"Introductory Remarks by Didier Reynders Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs on the occasion of the Business & Human Rights Peer Learning Meeting", 23 May 2019...
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National movements for mandatory human rights due diligence in European countries
Author: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Initiatives for mandatory human rights due diligence in Europe (non-exhaustive), last updated 13 June 2019...
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