Weekly Update - 3 June 2015

Human Rights Now (Japan), Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union

• we invited companies mentioned in the report to respond - responses provided by Celio, H&M, Inditex, Marks & Spencer, Fast Retailing
• Adler Modemärkte indicated it will respond; we will indicate whether Nygard responds in a future update
• report also available in Japanese

(Photo credit: ILO)

Conflict Awareness Project, Open Society Justice Initiative, TRIAL, Berne Declaration, AFP

• as per regional rotation, candidates are invited from Latin America & Caribbean or Eastern Europe

• also provided: Report on Intl. Commission of Jurists workshop on proposed binding treaty

Menno T. Kamminga, Maastricht University

Academic Action for the Development of Rural Communities & GRAIN

• we invited Agricane & TurConsult to respond - response on behalf of both companies provided

• also available: webcast of Forum sessions 

Pastoralists Indigenous Non-Govermental Organisations Forum

SOMO, Both ENDS, Movimiento 10 de Abril, AIDA, Carbon Market Watch, Urgewald & CIEL

• complaint to banks' independent complaints mechanism raised concerns about harms to Ngöbe-Buglé indigenous community

• we invited Trust Hospitality, the resort operator, to respond - response provided (allegations only available in Spanish)

Colombia Reports

IndustriALL

Malay Mail Online (Malaysia)

Wall Street Journal

Indian Express

ekklesia.com

Financial Times

• group includes BG, BP, Eni, Shell, Statoil & Total

Building and Wood Worker's Intl.

• 279 migrant Indian workers died in Qatar last year according to Amnesty Intl.

Associated Press

Video News (Turkey)

Global Alliance for Tax Justice

Working Group on the use of mercenaries

• concept note provided; send feedback to: mercenaries@ohchr.org

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

• lessons for future strategies on corporate impacts from Phulbari (London, 4 Jun)
• the legal profession's leadership on business & human rights (Geneva, 8-9 Jun)
• capacity development workshop on business & human rights (Copenhagen, 11-12 Jun)
• HUMAN conference: "Towards Social Impact" (Amsterdam, 16 Jun)
• panel on conflict minerals & human rights (New York, 16 Jun)

• ICRC Directorate of International Law and Policy (Internship)
• Nazdeek (Access to Justice Program Officer)
• Plan International UK (Youth Economic Security Consultancy)
• ShareAction (Internship)
• The Right to Education Project (Research Volunteer)