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update Weekly Update 2 September: Changes to "historic" labour laws welcomed by unions
Developments in Qatar could end exploitative kafala system for over a million migrant workers. Plus, registration opens for our annual Mary Robinson event and groups call on US to ban cotton imports from Xinjiang following forced labour allegations.
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update Weekly Update 26 August: UK to introduce law requiring due diligence for deforestation-linked products
This week we report on UK Govt. plans to introduce due diligence law on products linked to deforestation, a complaint against the Govt. in Sierra Leone over abuses at diamond mine and irregularities at Berta Cáceres murder trial in Honduras - and more.
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 35, June 2020: Companies abuse lawsuits to silence critics, even amidst a global pandemic
The judicial harassment of human rights defenders (HRDs) holding business to account has increased by 84% in 2019 compared to the previous year, reaching a five-year high. Amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic, companies and governments around the world continue to drag critics through the courts to silence them.
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 10 (Jun 2020) | Expanding Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese overseas projects and workers
Statement by 266 CSOs urges COVID-19 relief fund for BRI to only consider projects meeting criteria safeguarding people's rights and environment; Expanding impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese overseas projects and workers
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 9 (Mar 2020) | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreak on overseas workers
COVID-19 outbreak impacts on China’s foreign trade and investment, as well as related workers and communities; Philippines: Chinese-run offshore gambling prompts human trafficking, kidnappings and other crimes
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update - Issue 34, March 2020: Civil society is key to environmental litigation holding companies to account
Communities and individuals across the globe whose livelihoods and natural resources are harmed or threatened by business operations are using environmental litigation as a key strategic tool to assert their human rights. The past decade has seen a steady increase in lawsuits brought directly against companies to redress climate and other environmental harm.
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update Archive of Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Updates
The Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update (formerly Quarterly Bulletin) is published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to assist all those following corporate legal accountability issues. It highlights key developments, new cases profiled on our site, updates to existing profiles, and other news.
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Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 8 (Dec 2019) | Gender-Responsive Approach
A gender perspective is still missing against the backdrop of “China going out.” This is despite the Joint Communique of the second Belt and Road Forum being committed to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and fulfilling international responsibilities on human rights, including on gender. There are very few policies and initiatives relating to Chinese overseas investment that try to address environmental, social and governance issues with a gender dimension, and little research drawing on the gender impacts of China’s expanding globalization. The report by the British Council and UK Aid on “Improving Gender Equality through China’s Belt and Road Initiative” shows gaps in Chinese policies, and provides concrete recommendations for China’s government and companies to ‘mainstream’ gender in its foreign aid and investment.
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