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Weekly Update - 15 February 2017
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Myanmar: Report finds garment industry initiatives have not delivered needed positive impact on labour
Action Labor Rights, Labor Rights Defenders & Promoters and SOMO; Guardian (UK)
(photo credit: Action Labor Rights, Labor Rights Defenders & Promoters and SOMO) |
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Kenya: Google partners with govt. agencies to curb hate speech during elections
Standard Digital
Alternative Mining Indaba calls for domestication of Africa Mining Vision; communities impacted by mining say govts. must do more to protect them
Economic Justice Network, in Mail & Guardian; Daily Maverick
- includes declaration with civil society demands to govts., companies
Poor & marginalised communities in Africa face land threats from mining, infra-structure, renewable energy - report underlines urgency of securing tenure rights
Rights & Resources Initiative
highlights include:
- criminalisation & violence against communities seeking to protect their lands, including in Liberia, Kenya
- gains by indigenous peoples in Cameroon & other countries
- "companies are slow to implement commitments and change business models"
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Azerbaijan: Abuses of oil workers’ rights include dangerous working conditions, lack of union rights, health & safety violations, says NGO report
Oil-Workers’ Rights Protection Organization (OWRPO)
- we invited companies highlighted in the report to respond
- responses from BP, Maersk Drilling
- Altus Intervention, Azersu, Azfen, Global Energy Azerbaijan, McDermott Intl., Qinterra, Schlumberger, SOCAR did not respond
Netherlands: Parliament adopts child labour due diligence law for companies; Senate approval pending
India Committee of the Netherlands
UK: Gig economy sees rise in precarious work & tax shortfall, Trade Union Congress reports
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Company responses
- ABP, PFZW re investment in Israeli settlements
- BP, Maersk Drilling re workers' rights abuses in Azerbaijan
- Anglo American, Barrick, BHP Billiton, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Freeport-McMoRan, Glencore, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Kosmos Energy, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Teck, Total re US regulation on global revenue transparency
- Barrick re compensation for sexual abuse survivors in Papua New Guinea
- C&A, H&M re detained workers in Bangladesh
- Prosegur re alleged anti-union actions in Peru, Colombia & India (in Spanish)
Non-responses
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Forthcoming events:
- online webinar on UK Modern Slavery Act disclosure process (16 Feb, online)
- discussion: state obligations in the context of business activities (21 Feb, Geneva)
- panel discussion on modern slavery in the corporate world (21 Feb, London)
- "Global Modern Day Slavery & Supply Chain Summit" (24 Feb, London)
- symposium on Japan's Natl. Action Plan process (1 Mar, Tokyo)
Details of these and other events further in the future can be found here. Please send relevant event information to Alex Janczenia: janczenia@business-humanrights.org
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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre vacancies:
Other current vacancies:
- Center for Business & Human Rights at Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Deputy Director)
- Advocates for Intl. Development (Pro Bono Projects Intern)
- Ethical Trading Initiative (Senior Industrial Relations Advisor)
- Oxfam Intl. (East Africa Extractive Industries Program Advisor)
- UNICEF UK (2 posts: Head of Private Sector Policy & Advocacy; Head of Children's Rights & Business)
Further details and other recently posted jobs available here. To submit a new job announcement in business & human rights please go here.
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