Discrimination
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- Discrimination/diversity: General
- Age discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Gender discrimination
- HIV/AIDS discrimination
- Marital status discrimination
- Political opinion discrimination
- Pregnancy discrimination
- Racial/ethnic/caste/origin discrimination
- Religious discrimination
- Sexual orientation & gender identity (LGBT) discrimination
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Author: ASCOM/Conselho Missionário Indigenista (CIMI) (Brazil)
“Comitê manifestou preocupação com as intimidações à delegação da Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos por fazendeiros durante visita a aldeia no Pará”, 9 de novembro de 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Últimas notícias sobre defensores/as de direitos humanos
USA: California State Teachers’ Retirement System divests from for-profit prison companies GEO Group & Core Civic
In November 2018, the Teachers’ Retirement Board of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System voted to divest from CoreCivic and GEO Group, two U.S. publicly-held companies that operate private prisons. CoreCivic and GEO Group had been accused...
USA: Social media site Gab accused of facilitating white supremacist violence after user suspected of killing 11 people in Pittsburgh synagogue
On 27 October 2018, Robert Bowers entered Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and killed 11 people and wounded 6 others. The attack is believed to be the deadliest on the Jewish community in US history, according to the Anti-Defamation...
Malaysia: Deputy prime minister calls on ASEAN to integrate gender perspective in all policies & programmes
Author: Malay Mail
"DPM: ASEAN policies should include gender perspective," 25 October 2018...
Author: Correio Braziliense (Brazil)
“Start-up desenvolve jogo em que 'Bolsomito' ganha pontos ao matar minorias-Personagem inspirado em Jair Bolsonaro tem a missão de impedir uma ‘ditadura ideológica’”, 9 de outubro de 2018...
Commentary: Corporations increasingly under pressure to take a stand on social issues
Author: Tom McCarthy, The Guardian
"Woke business: have big brands found a conscience or a marketing ploy?" 16 Sept 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: CEO activism and other positive business initiatives to protect civic freedoms
- Related companies: adidas Burger King Delta Air Lines Facebook Heineken Levi Strauss Nike Patagonia PepsiCo
Myanmar: UN Fact-Finding Mission warns business against engaging with military
Report says actions of military, in particular in the context of “clearance operations” in northern Rakhine, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the military and its businesses is indefensible until and...
BSR launches human rights-based blueprint for responsible business practice with regard to artificial intelligence
BSR has published three papers describing a human rights-based blueprint for responsible business practice with regard to AI within and beyond the technology sector. These papers explore the importance of a rights-based approach for governing and...