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23 Mai 2017

Autor:
Ciara Dowd & Elodie Aba, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, on openDemocracy

Why it’s getting harder (and more dangerous) to hold companies accountable

There is a crisis of impunity for corporate human rights abuses and it is getting worse…

…[W]e have had to dedicate a significant portion of space in our latest Annual Briefing to the threats directed at advocates and lawyers working on corporate accountability…

Human rights defenders working on corporate accountability have faced killings, beatings and threats and are rarely, if ever, able to obtain justice. Moreover, the law is often used as a weapon…

These types of legal harassment are often not intended to be successful claims, but rather are designed to silence human rights defenders by tying them up in costly litigation processes…

Lawsuits like these have a chilling effect on human rights activism and advocacy. The inequality of power and resources between large corporations with teams of lawyers and grassroots human rights defenders means that many activists may give into the demands of corporations rather than enter a costly legal battle…

Governments should decriminalise defamation,…enact laws to protect human rights defenders and their lawyers from harassment, and provide an enabling environment and open civic space for those working on corporate legal accountability…

Corporations can influence governments to improve by voicing opposition to governmental action or legislation that threatens to close the civic space…

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