Weekly Update - 30 March 2016

Guardian; IOL; Mail & Guardian; 70 NGOs incl. ActionAid, Bench Marks Foundation, Centre for Human Rights - Univ. of Pretoria, Oxfam South Africa, War on Want

• over 70 NGOs sign letter condemning killing & calling for protection of Amadiba Crisis Committee, led by Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe
• Australian company Mineral Commodities Ltd. (MRC) responded denying any link to killing - comments provided

(Photo credit: Cheryl Alexander via Legal Resources Centre)

• series begins with perspectives from South Asia: Building & Woodworkers Intl.; CIVIDEP; FLA South Asia; Godrej Industries; Garment Labour Union; ITC; mines, minerals & people; Natl. Centre for Advocacy Studies; Sustainability

Guardian

• based on Resource Centre’s mission to post-conflict Sri Lanka

• Iran Foreign Investment Tracking Project Manager (due 3 Apr)
• IT & Digital Security Volunteer (rolling application)
• Internships (rolling application)

• video: Surya Deva highlights access to remedy as a key issue for the UN Working Group to focus on
• reminder: applications open for member from Western Europe, North America, Australia & New Zealand (due 14 Apr)

• announcement also available in Chinese

• companies are: Apple, ASML Holding, BOE Technology Group, Broadcom, Canon, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Hitachi, Hon Hai Precision Industry, HP, Intel, Intl. Business Machines, Keyence, Microsoft, Murata Manufacturing, Qualcomm, Samsung, SK Hynix, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Texas Instruments

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria; Africa News Circle

• we invited Eni (majority shareholder) to respond - response provided

Oakland Institute

Independent

• Georgia governor vetoes law that would have protected religious groups refusing to serve LGBT people - opposed by Marriott, IBM, Walt Disney, Time Warner, AMC
• No. Carolina passes law blocking local anti-discrimination ordinances - opposed by American Airlines, Apple, Biogen, Dow Chemical, PayPal, Red Hat & others

Survival Intl.

Intl. Labor Rights Forum

Action Labor Rights

Clean Clothes Campaign, Cambodian Labour Confederation, Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union, and others

• brands include C&A, H&M, Inditex, Levi Strauss, Marks & Spencer, Primark, Tchibo

New York Times

AFP

Clean Clothes Campaign

• we invited Mizuno to respond – response provided; previous response by adidas also provided

CEE Bankwatch Network

European Coalition for Corporate Justice

IC Magazine (USA)

RTÉ News

Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights; Heinrich Böll Stiftung

• Brazilian dam collapse & corporate accountability (1 Apr, Washington DC)
• ICAR speaker series: Ellen Dorsey, Wallace Global Fund (4 Apr, Washington DC)
• forum on forced labour in global supply chains (5 Apr, Kuala Lumpur)
• seminar: surveillance, business & human rights (5 Apr, London)
• how business can tackle deforestation (6-7 Apr, Washington DC)
• human rights impact of illegal gold mining in Latin America (6 Apr, Geneva)
• business coaching on human rights due diligence (19-20 Apr, Munich; register by 31 Mar)
• "EU Roadmap to Business & Human Rights Conference" (11 May, Amsterdam; register by 31 Mar)

• Accountability Counsel (Policy Associate)
• CORE Coalition (Board Members & Treasurer)
• Impactt Limited (Senior Project Officer)
• Intl. Alert (2 posts: Senior Programme Design & Assessment Officer, Peacebuilding Issues Programme; Finance & Operations Intern)
• Response Global Media (Events Coordinator, Japanese speaker)