Weekly Update - 23 December 2015

NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights; Tribune (Bangladesh)

• includes interactive map of 7000 garment factories, 65% more than previously estimated; report finds many are not covered by intl. safety initiatives
• Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association responds to report, contests findings
• also: court accepts murder charges against 41 people over fatal Rana Plaza building collapse; 24 suspects abscond

(Photo credit: NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

Michael Kourabas, Triple Pundit

• video guides help you compare company & govt. actions on business & human rights

Reuters; Friends of the Earth Netherlands

• case profile also provided

PFA Pensions; Middle East Monitor

• we invited HeidelbergCement to respond - response provided

• latest eminent persons meeting report; key take-away document from Autumn consultations; summary of key points from Jakarta civil society session

Radio Free Asia

Human Rights Watch; Finfinne Tribune

African Law Foundation, Community Policing Partners & others

Star (Kenya)

UN Working Group on business & human rights

Intl. Platform Against Impunity in Central America; MiningWatch Canada; Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)

• we invited Tahoe Resources to respond - response provided

Equitable Origin

Vanguardia.com (Colombia)

Quartz

• police raid offices of Yixianglong, company reportedly managing collapsed dump site

Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

• call comes prior to court decision in case regarding impacts in Thailand of Laos' Xayaburi Dam - see case profile

Centre for Public Integrity

• human rights commission in India opens official probe into excessive radiation exposures

Guardian (UK)

Ecodefense

Guardian (UK)

• Human Rights Watch issues new guidelines for construction companies on migrant workers in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
• New Intl. Trade Union Confederation report: "Counting the cost of modern day slavery in Qatar"

Daily News Egypt

Haaretz (Israel)

Muscat Daily

• course on human rights & Asia, incl. business & human rights (4-15 Jan, Seoul)
• human rights law & the extractive industries (18-19 Feb, Panama City)
• course for businesses impacted by the Modern Slavery Act (1 Mar, London)
• Sedex 2016: "Simplifying Supply Chain Sustainability" (2-3 Mar, London)
• compliance lab on UN Guiding Principles (8 Mar, Copenhagen)

• Centre for Research on Multinatl. Corps. (SOMO) (Coordinator, GoodElectronics Network)
• CSR Europe (Senior Manager, Membership & Business Development)
• Danish Institute for Human Rights (Business & Human Rights Intern)
• Human Rights Watch (Researcher, Business & Human Rights)
• Oxfam GB (Ethical Trade Advisor)
• Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (2016 Summer Internships)