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Series Governments and investors must work together to address the affordable housing crisis
Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, sets out steps for governments and investors to address the crisis and respect the right to housing
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Post Legislative developments signal increasing commitment to corporate accountability for human rights abuses
Recent legislative developments in the EU and North America offer high hopes for corporate legal accountability and for affected communities to seek justice. They could also pave the way for other countries or regional blocks to follow suit.
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Post Asian garment labour movement identifies urgent shifts to redistribute profits & regulate global garment supply chains
Asia Floor Wage Alliance argue 'business as usual' cannot continue if garment workers' rights in the global south are to be adequately protected.
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Post One case, three insights – what a legal case from Egypt can teach us about our right to breathe clean air
On Clean Air Day (16 June) Désirée Abrahams, Senior Programme Manager, Global Action Plan, outlines how a community can take on a polluting company - and win - using human rights as the backbone of the legal case.
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Post Eradicating child labour requires urgent action and change: what should companies do?
Year after year, campaigns like the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June remind the world that child labour is still a pressing issue that will not go away without urgent action and change. Ines Kaempfer, CEO, The Centre for Child Rights and Business, reflects on the challenges and opportunities.
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Series Imagining international trade agreements which support more responsible business
Tom Wills looks at the relationship between trade deals and corporate accountability, and highlights recent trade policies which place obligations on business.
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Series Fitting a technology lens on the EU mandatory human rights & environmental due diligence Directive
Strengthening the EU's draft Directive on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence to ensure tech companies are adequately covered is crucial, says Gayatri Khandhadai, Head of Technology & Human Rights at BHRRC.
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Post Amazon AGM sees investor showdown over trade union rights
A groundswell of shareholder support for workers' rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining indicates a sea change, but investors must do more to address social and environmental risks, write ITUC's Sharan Burrow and UNI Global Union's Christy Hoffman
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Series Inequality has become an investor priority - How human rights advocates can respond
Institutional investors’ recognition of the pervasive harm systemic risks to the economy and the markets can cause is changing the way they understand fiduciary duty, even beyond Europe, says Joanne Bauer and Paul Rissman, CoFounders of Rights CoLab.
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Series Billions paid out to coal companies show how investment rules are obstructing the green transition
Fabian Flues from PowerShift blogs on how the Energy Charter Treaty offers fossil fuel comapanies disproportionate levels of investment protection, making the transition away from fossil fuels expensive and difficult for states.
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