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1 Mar 2012

Author:
Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE)

Government reforms undermine UN guiding principles on Business and Human Rights and encourage impunity for abuses

Members of the Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) are extremely concerned that, unless it is amended, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill…will: Act as a barrier to justice for victims of grave human rights abuses…Shift liability for costs from multi-national companies (MNCs) (that have access to huge budgets and resources) to innocent victims from developing countries…

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