Weekly Update - 29 June 2016

compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• includes commentaries on impacts on EU-based human rights protections
• focus on labour rights, climate change & environment, corporate transparency

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Intl. Service for Human Rights (ISHR); Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• compilation in response to UNICEF's call for submissions open until 8 Jul
• includes examples from C&A, H&M, IKEA, Microsoft, Next, Nike, PwC, Uniqlo/Fast Retailing, UPS

• responses by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!
• AT&T, Twitter are preparing responses; we will include them in a future Update
• Facebook has not yet responded; we will indicate in a future Update whether it responds

Reuters

• summary profile of lawsuits also available here

Climate Justice Programme

• 2 of the first cases to be mediated by US NCP
• Starwood, IUF union federation reached agreement

Hult Intl. Business School & Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)

• will highlight case studies of good practice & identify benchmarks to measure leadership

Business Day Live 

Huffington Post

IPIS & ActionAid Uganda

Conectas Direitos Humanos, Fórum Capixaba de Entidades em Defesa da Bacia do Rio Doce, Justiça Global & others; CIDSE

• we invited BHP Billiton, Samarco, Vale to respond - responses provided

SinEmbargo

• we invited companies to respond to allegations - Grupo Vidanta's response provided; Cirque du Soleil referred us to Grupo Vidanta's response

Fatma Marouf, Univ. of Nevada - Las Vegas, Sameer Ashar, Univ. of California - Irvine School of Law & Jennifer Rosenbaum, Yale Law School

• includes company response & rejoinder from Facing Finance

Conectas Direitos Humanos; UN Working Group on business & human rights

Rappler

• companies are Benguet Corp. Nickel Mines, Eramen Minerals, LNL Archipelago Minerals, Zambales Diversified Metals, Shangfil Mining & Trading

Channel News Asia

• includes Ayam Brand, Danone, IKEA, Unilever, Wildlife Reserves Singapore 

Joshua Rosenzweig, Amnesty Intl., in The Diplomat

Radio Free Asia

• letter sent to World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, EU, govts. of Australia, Japan, USA

China Post

Centre for Research on Multinatl. Corps. (SOMO) & FairWork

KRIK

Harvard Intl. Review

Reuters; Norwegian Council on Ethics, Govt. Pension Fund Global

David Segall, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

• summer school on ethics & health law (30 Jun - 8 Jul, Rotterdam)
• business & human rights course (4-5 Jul, London)
• course on human rights in intl. commercial relationships (4-11 Jul, Bucharest)
• So. African perspectives on UN treaty on business & human rights (5 Jul, Pretoria)
• tools to improve working conditions in global supply chains (7 Jul, London)
• putting the UN Guiding Principles into practice (7-8 Jul, London)

• Access Now (Middle East & North Africa Policy Analyst)
• EarthRights Intl. (3 posts: Cambodia Coordinator; Myanmar Legal Director; Vietnam Coordinator)
• Ethical Trading Initiative (Country Programme Consultant, Turkey)
• Fair Labor Association (Vice President)
• Oxfam America (Senior Advisor, Campaigns & Advocacy)