Gold mining mammoth Barrick Gold is facing a fresh human rights lawsuit in Papua New Guinea, but lawyers say companies in the extraction industries in Australia are not the only ones seeking advice on compliance with human rights responsibilities. Barrick Gold is defending a case in the Papua New Guinea National Court against landowners…over $38.5 million in allegedly missing monies from an investment fund set up under the company's mining lease to educate under-privileged local children… Law Council of Australia president-elect Stuart Clark [said] there were increasing demands on lawyers to advise companies on human rights because of the growing relevance of the UN [Guiding] principles…One problem was that lawyers lacked an understanding of the principles and how to advise companies on them...Norton Rose Fulbright partner Abigail McGregor said.