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Keeping watch: Surveillance companies in Middle East & North Africa
We asked 23 companies which allegedly produce or provide surveillance technologies to governments in the MENA region to respond to questions on their corporate transparency and human rights due diligence processes. Only five responded.
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Just for show: Worker representation in Asia’s garment sector & the role of fashion brands & employers
We examine the role of trade unions and alternative representative structures across six major garment-producing countries in South and Southeast Asia - Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - and explore how brands and their suppliers are relying on ineffective representation structures as an alternative to union engagement, undermining freedom of association and collective bargaining, depleting trade unions’ ability to build their membership and contributing to a vicious cycle of poor working conditions in the sector.
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Transition Minerals Tracker: 2024 Global Analysis
Our annual analysis highlights the urgent need for a just energy transition based on three core principles: shared prosperity; robust human rights due diligence and worker, community and defender rights protections; and fair negotiation between business, workers and communities.
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People power under pressure: Human rights defenders & business in 2023
We recorded 630 instances of attacks against people raising concerns about business-related harms in 2023. This is part of a consistent, ongoing pattern of attacks against HRDs protecting our rights and planet globally, with more than 5,300 attacks recorded since January 2015.
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Fuelling injustice: Transition mineral impacts in Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Previously neglected in global analyses of transition minerals, the EECA region is becoming a new hotspot for transition mineral extraction and supply – primarily due to abundant reserves of these minerals now critical to a fast transition to clean energy. However, new research reveals that between 2019 and 2023, more than 400 allegations of abuse were linked to the development, extraction and processing of 20 transition minerals in the region.
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Taking CTRL: Pathways to effective tech investor engagement
Effective engagement and collaboration between civil society and investors is crucial in the fight for digital rights and corporate accountability. Lessons from the experiences of activists, civil society organisations and tech investors.
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Switched off: Tech company opacity & Israel’s war on Gaza
We invited 104 technology companies operating in or providing services to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel to respond to a survey on transparency and heightened human rights due diligence in the context of Israel's war on Gaza.
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Big tech in Africa: Insights for investors
Investors may not expect there to be serious legal, operational or reputational risks linked to the tech sector outside of the United States or the European Union. This assumption, however, is becoming outdated. This briefing highlights the salient human rights risks relating to the tech sector in Africa and links them to material risks.
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Myanmar Garment Worker Allegations Tracker: Three years of military rule
1 February 2024 marks three years since the military takeover of Myanmar. Since then, we've recorded hundreds of attacks on garment workers’ human rights both in their workplaces and on the streets. We examine allegations of abuse tracked over the past year and responses from international buyers alongside testimony from workers.
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A just transition for all: Key tools for a fast & fair shift to renewable energy in Latin America
Latin America will play a key role in the transition to renewable energy. Civil society and grassroots organisations are critical stakeholders in bringing about structural change at both state and corporate levels to ensure this transition is both fast and fair. In this guide we explore some of the strategies – from investor engagement to strategic litigation - used by civil society and grassroots organisations to advocate for a just energy transition that rests on three core principles: shared prosperity, human rights and social protection, and fair negotiations.
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