The United Nations must develop international standards that hold big business accountable for its impact on human rights, Amnesty International says in its annual report published on Wednesday. According to Ms Khan, a growing demand for mining, urban development and tourism projects “is putting pressure on land, across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with entire communities evicted from their homes without compensation or alternative shelter. She says that weak, impoverished, and often profoundly corrupt states “have created a power vacuum into which corporations and the economic actors are moving”.