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update Weekly Update 12 April | Kenya: 'Landmark' decision to review tea multinationals' plantations
Sri Lanka medicine decision exposes lack of transparency in Facebook content moderation exceptions; Chocolate companies allegedly fail to pay agreed living wage premium for cocoa from Ivory Coast; Quilombola community of Baião alleges it was not consulted by Aura Minerals on mining project to extract gold from their territories; Pakistani security guards engaged during Qatar World Cup allegedly detained & deported following wage complaint; and much more
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update Weekly Update 05 April | USA: Migrant forced labour on farms supplying major supermarkets
Haas Automation, Siemens & DMG Mori allegedly continuing business with Russian arms industry; CSOs in South Africa say advertising & public relations agencies undermine human & environmental rights by working for fossil fuel firms; Ecuadorian court revokes Llurimagua copper mining project’s licence after confirming violation of community’s right to consultation; CSOs call on Boeing to urge Saudi Arabia to lift travel bans on activists; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 29 March | UK: Migrant farmworkers supplying major supermarkets allege labour abuse
US commits to spyware ban following joint CSO call for states & tech investors to prioritise rights protections; Concerns raised over TikTok’s human rights due diligence as firm launches new 'Focused View' feature; 6 killed & 30 families forced to relocate after attacks on Indigenous groups in Nicaragua; Hawaii supreme court recognises human right to stable climate & rejects challenge from Hawaiian Electric Company; Western companies seeking to exit Russia will be obliged to make direct donation to government; Social media platforms allegedly enabling digital targeting of LGBT people in MENA region; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 22 March | AI: Misinformation concerns over ChatGPT and Google Bard
Indigenous leaders allege SpaceX internet service facilitating irregular mining expansion in Brazil's beleaguered Yanomami region; Companies & investors that allegedly support Myanmar military junta named in CSO report; Oil firms in Azerbaijan committing widespread abuses including illegal termination of contracts and health & safety violations, says CSO; Progress on labour rights, employer accountability & dialogue in Qatar have ‘ceased’ following World Cup, say unions; and much more...
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Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 44, March 2023: Cerrejón Coal in Colombia: Access to justice and reparation become a chimera
For 20 years, there have been numerous reports of serious human rights abuses associated with the Cerrejón Coal mine, the largest open-pit coal mine in South America. Despite alleged violations of rights to housing, access to water, and a safe and healthy environment, none of the three parent companies (BHP, Anglo American and Glencore) have been meaningfully held accountable, thus fuelling a sentiment of corporate impunity for the affected communities.
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update Weekly Update 15 March | Cambodia: Puma and VF Corporation suppliers accused of union busting
Components made in USA, Western Europe & Taiwan found in weapons used in Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine, says CSO report; Investigation finds migrant children working in factories in US in violation of child labour law; Long Isun Indigenous community set to lose custody of forests in Indonesia to timber companies supplying global brands; TikTok and Meta moderators in Germany form first industry-wide collective in Europe to fight for better working conditions; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 08 March | Brazil: 207 winery workers rescued from alleged modern slavery
US defence contractors face lawsuit over arms supply to Saudi-led war in Yemen; Investigation finds hate & misinformation 'thriving' on Twitter; Kenya: Additional brands & retailers linked to allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations; 3 Chinese nickel workers file complaint to national human rights commission over workplace conditions in Indonesian plant; 57 confirmed dead in Greek train crash as rail workers & protesters decry privatisation & lack of investment in railway infrastructure; and much more.
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update Weekly Update 01 March | Russia: Businesses making huge profits despite commitments to exit
Landmark duty of vigilance case against TotalEnergies over EACOP dismissed on procedural grounds; CSOs sue BNP Paribas bank for allegedly enabling deforestation, slave labour & violating Indigenous rights; CSO Access Now alleges businesses support junta to build & implement complex attack & surveillance infrastructure; UK court rules chemical trading firm Savaro is liable to victims of 2020 Beirut blast; CSO raises human rights concerns over FIFA decision to host Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia; and much more...
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update Weekly Update 22 February | Ukraine invasion: One year on, companies bolstering Russian military
Workers in Kenya allege sexual abuse by supervisors on Unilever and James Finlay & Co tea farms supplying Starbucks, Sainsburys & Tesco; Norfolk Southern ordered to pay for clean-up costs after derailment of train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio, USA; Cambodian government shuts down media outlet VOD; ALQST alleges increasing judicial harassment by Saudi state against Al-Howaitat tribe members protesting NEOM megaproject; and much more...
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