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Issue 48, March 2024, Latin America and the Caribbean: New standards on the horizon to protect human rights defenders
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Issue 47, December 2023, Corporate legal obligations, human rights, and conflict: Increased risk and responsibility
Issue 46, October 2023, Building momentum to negotiate a stronger binding treaty for all
Issue 45, June 2023, Vexatious lawsuits: Corporate use of SLAPPs to silence critics
Issue 44, March 2023, Cerrejón Coal in Colombia: Access to justice and reparation become a chimera
Issue 43, December 2022, After mixed results at COP 27, litigation and legislation can advance the fight for climate justice and a just transition
Issue 42, October 2022, Proposed binding treaty on business and human rights: Taking stock 8 years into negotiations
Issue 41, June 2022, Recent legislative developments signal increasing commitment to corporate accountability for human rights abuses
Issue 40, March 2022, Justice for Miskito divers: A turning point for business and human rights standards from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Issue 39, December 2021, Anti-SLAPP legislation must outlaw judicial harassment of Human Rights Defenders
Issue 38, March 2021, Who Audits the Auditor?: Shaping Legal Accountability Strategies to Redress Social Audit Failings
Issue 37, December 2020, Corporate Human Rights Litigation: Trends from 200 Seminal Lawsuits
Issue 36, September 2020, Victims’ Rights under the Second Revised Draft Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Issue 35, June 2020, Companies abuse lawsuits to silence critics, even amidst a global pandemic
Issue 34, March 2020, Civil society is key to environmental litigation holding companies to account
Issue 33, December 2019, High hopes for mandatory human rights due diligence in 2020
Issue 32, September 2019, The lengthy journey towards a treaty on business & human rights
Issue 31, June 2019, Are shareholders the new champions of climate justice?
Issue 30, March 2019, Accountability for Misclassification of Workers in the Gig Economy
Issue 29, December 2018, The Zero Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Issue 28, September 2018, Taking stock: Parent company liability for extraterritorial abuse
Issue 27, June 2018, The use of consumer protection laws as strategic tool for corporate due diligence and transparency in global supply chains
Issue 26, March 2018, The legal significance of #MeToo
Issue 25, January 2018, How courts and advocates are shaping legal doctrine on corporate liability and human rights obligations
Issue 24, September 2017 Lawsuits by companies seek to silence accountability advocates
Issue 23, March 2017 Overcoming unequal access to information - frequent barrier to remedy for victims of corporate abuse
Issue 22, December 2016 Corporate legal accountability & haze in Indonesia
Issue 21, September 2016 Holding companies accountable for modern slavery
Issue 20, June 2016 Holding financial institutions to account for human rights abuse
Issue 19, January 2016 Communities taking action
Issue 18, September 2016 Climate justice litigation
Issue 17, June 2015 Human rights defenders & legal harassment
Issue 16, April 2015 Legislative efforts to hold parent companies legally accountable
Issue 15, December 2014 A new path to access remedy?