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作者: OECD

The goal of [this] report is to provide an overall assessment of the progress and impact of the one-year pilot implementation phase of the OECD Guidance and its Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten [3T mining]...Drawing on lessons from the ground,...

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作者: Allison Aubrey, The Salt blog, NPR [USA]

Women's handprints can be found at every point in coffee production. In fact, on family-owned coffee farms in Africa, about 70 percent of maintenance and harvesting work is done by women, according to an analysis by the International Trade Centre, but...

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作者: Gary K. Busch, Pambazuka News

Le territoire africain qui inclut l’Ouganda, le Rwanda et la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a pratiquement été en guerre depuis 1995. Plus précisément en guerre les uns contre les autres, entre ces Etats. Ceci a impliqué des armées nationales,...

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• 深度追蹤: Chinese investment overseas
• 相關企業: Chevron ExxonMobil Heritage Oil Shell Total

作者: Organisation Internationale du Travail, Genève

Il existe toujours un grand décalage entre la ratification des conventions sur le travail des enfants et les initiatives prises par les pays pour traiter le problème, constate l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) dans un rapport qui marque le...

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• 另見: Un nouveau rapport de l'OIT sur le travail des enfants révèle un grand décalage entre les engagements des Etats et leurs actions pour éradiquer le phénomène
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作者: UN News Centre

A pair of grassroots initiatives bringing environmentally friendly stoves and rechargeable lighting to remote communities in several countries are the recipients of this year's prestigious Sasakawa Prize, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...

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作者: Maplecroft

An annual study by risk analysis firm Maplecroft has revealed that 76 countries now pose ‘extreme’ child labour complicity risks for companies operating worldwide, due to worsening global security and the economic downturn. This constitutes an increase...

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• 深度追蹤: Case examples Children Latest news on Children Sourcing from conflict zones

作者: Kristina Fröberg, Attiya Waris, Forum Syd

Development organisations and academics in Africa and Europe agree on the measures needed at the international level to put a stop to illicit capital flight. To end the secrecy that enables it, they for example call for automatic and multilateral...

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• 另見: Al Jazeera video highlights findings of report claiming that tax avoidance by multinational companies in Africa undermines development
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作者: New Times [Rwanda]

Member states of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) will start applying a 'Certificate of Origin' system as they step up efforts to control extraction and flow of 'conflict' minerals. All mineral exports from the region...

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作者: Maplecroft [UK]

New research into the extent of protection of women and girls has revealed that the risk of human rights abuses, such as sexual violence, discrimination, trafficking and sexual exploitation, are at ‘extreme’ levels in just over 40% of the 197 countries...

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• 另見: "Companies operating in resource-rich countries risk complicity in actions by security forces against women" - Maplecroft index
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• 相關企業: Nike