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This section contains opinion pieces from the business and human rights movement, written by both our global team and many authors outside of our organisation. These have been curated and published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
2024: The year of elections, conflict – and business transformation?
Will our next governments sustain a business-as-usual approach that helps drive accelerated climate breakdown, a fifth mass extinction, and unsustainable levels of inequality that threaten the fabric of our democracies? Or can our movements, collectively, help present ‘just economy manifestos’ to all politicians to highlight urgent opportunities that arise from emergent better practice, asks Phil Bloomer, BHRRC.
In this blog series experts from various backgrounds and regions share their insights on the latest draft of the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights ahead of the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group.
On 24 February Russia invaded Ukraine prompting widespread global economic sanctions. Businesses operating in Russia have been under pressure to review their presence and undertake heightened due diligence - but one year on more than 1,000 companies are still present and there is little evidence of effective action.
Experts from civil society, governments and business discuss what Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence could mean for advancing human rights in business.
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14 May 2018Laurie Van der Burg, Researcher and Campaigner at FoE Netherlands/Milieudefensie; Roger Cox, attorney and partner at Paulussen Advocaten, Netherlands
The Corporate Legal Accountability team interviews Laurie Van der Burg, Friends of the Earth Netherlands and Roger Cox, attorney and partner at Paulussen Advocaten: "With [this possible lawsuit against Shell we are] hoping to create a precedent that raises the legal pressure on oil and gas companies worldwide to act on climate change and keep fossil fuels in the ground."
23 Apr 2018Joseph Kibugu, Senior Researcher & Representative for Eastern Africa, and Joy Mabenge, Anglophone Southern & Western Africa Researcher & Representative, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre