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1 Dec 2005

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

[DOC] Examples of companies’ impacts on a range of human rights issues

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The table below lists a range of human rights issues for business. For each issue, it provides an example of a positive company initiative and an example of an alleged abuse. [Issues covered in the chart: - Workplace health & safety - Supply chain - Freedom of association / Right to form & join trade unions - Working conditions - Child labour - Forced labour - Age discrimination - Disability discrimination - Gender discrimination - Racial/ethnic/ caste discrimination - Religious discrimination - Sexual harassment - Unfair trial & rule of law - Genocide - Rape & sexual abuse - Torture & ill-treatment - Security & conflict - Freedom of expression - Housing & displacement - Health - Access to medicines - Poverty & development - Disclosure/use of payments to govts. (affecting poverty & development) - Indigenous peoples - Access to water - Environment - Education]