Weekly Update - 11 May 2016

• outlines steps to improve disclosures on policies & practices to safeguard digital rights
• letter draws on each company's position in the Ranking Digital Rights index
• we invited the companies to respond: responses so far from Axiata, Kakao, Mail.ru, MTN, Orange, Vodafone
• America Movil, Bharti Airtel, Etisalat and Tencent have not yet responded – we will indicate in a future Update if they respond

(photo credit: Access Now)

Workshop co-organized by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Tamkeen, UNODC

Annabel Short, Deputy Director

Peter Knobloch, Christian Initiative Romero

• based in Beijing; deadline 23 May

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law

• participating companies are Coca-Cola, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IKEA, Unilever - with support from Institute for Human Rights and Business, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Intl. Organization for Migration and Verite

Triple Pundit; Associated Press

Daily Nation (Kenya)

• law draws on case studies from Angola, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Kenya, So. Africa, Zimbabwe

Kenyans.co.ke
 

Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association & Danish Institute for Human Rights

• we invited Sempra Energy to respond to both cases - responses provided

SinEmbargo; Global Voices; Masde131

• we invited Grupo Higa to respond – it did not

Fortune

Cambodia Daily; Inclusive Development Intl.

• we invited Mitr Phol to respond - response provided

Campaign for Public Policy on Mineral Resources, Community Resource Centre Foundation, Fortify Rights and others

Tibet Post Intl.

Reuters; Intl. Business Times; Tuoitrenews

• Formosa denies wrong-doing; results of inspection by delegation of experts is pending

Xinhua, translated by China Labor Watch

Ergon Associates

Guardian (UK)

Reuters; Al Arabiya English; Independent (UK); WSJ

Guardian (UK)

ESCR-Net and Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Intl. Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) and Centre for Research on Multi-natl. Corps. (SOMO)

• survey also available in Spanish

• women's rights, business & the law (11 May, Miami)
• workshop on impact of UK Modern Slavery Act (12 & 17 May, London)
• conference on responsible business & human rights (18-19 May, Copenhagen)
• 'GRI Global Conference 2016' (18-20 May, Amsterdam)
• public health, human rights, implications for business (19 May, Venice)

• Casa Pública (Foreign Journalists, 2016 Olympic Games)
• EarthRights Intl. (Operations & Management Director)
• Free the Slaves (Senior Program Manager)
• Global Network Initiative (Director of Policy & Learning)
• Traidcraft (Campaigns Officer)