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Article

1 Oct 2014

Author:
Annabel Short, Program Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Government repression of human rights activists: when should business speak out? From Hong Kong streets to the European Games in Azerbaijan

...Clearly, companies need to manage their own human rights impacts – through their operations and their value chains.  And, when it comes to business’ influence over government, an important dimension is that of “corporate capture” (for example, lobbying to dilute legislation in areas such as labour rights or environmental protection).  But a little explored area is the role companies can play in speaking out, publicly or privately, in the face of widespread abuses by governments: and the point at which silence becomes complicity...