Weekly Update - 8 July 2015

Réseau des Organisations pour la Transparence et l'Analyse Budgétaire (ROTAB)

• we invited China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), Somina, Sonichar, Sopamin (owned by Niger Govt.) to respond
• Somina, Sopamin responses provided; Sonichar did not respond
• we will indicate next week whether CNPC responds

(Photo credit: ROTAB Publiez Ce Que Vous Payer)

• new "Debate the treaty" blog series
• latest written submissions

• seeking feedback from companies, investors, civil society & policymakers

Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on foreign debt on human rights

• includes observations from Beijing visit & recommendations to govt. & companies

• we invited Glencore to respond; response provided
• IndustriALL calls for Swiss citizens' support for initiative to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses abroad

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) & Intl. Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Publish What You Pay

Vanguard (Nigeria)

East African (Kenya)

Bloomberg Business; Rolling Stone; Financial Times

• largest civil & environmental settlement in US history
• also provided: case profile of lawsuit

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

• we invited KfW-DEG to respond; response provided (in German, with unofficial English translation)

Alianza por la Solidaridad; eldiario.es

• we invited SABMiller to respond; response provided

China Labour Bulletin

Democratic Voice of Burma; Mizzima News; Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

• also provided: comments by adidas, H&M

Financial Times (UK); EIRIS Conflict Risk Network 

• commentaries on Coca-Cola report from Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, Global Witness
• responses to investor letter from Chevron, Caterpillar - Caterpillar says it has not made investments in Myanmar
• Hilton Worldwide is reviewing the requirements & will provide an update in the coming weeks

Environmental Investigation Agency, in Guardian (UK)

• we invited Golden Agri-Resources to respond - response provided

CNN

Tax Justice Network; Financial Transparency Coalition

• latest submission from Peace Brigades Intl. provided

latestnewsresource.com

Trade Arabia (Bahrain)

• with contributions from Chip Pitts, Lecturer in Law, Stanford & Oxford; Surya Deva, City Univ. of Hong Kong; Phil Bloomer, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
• also provided: commentary by Mark Taylor, Fafo Institute (via IHRB)

Anne Lally, Fair Wear Foundation

Amanda Romero, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• new profiles of legal claims of land grabs in Uganda (against Oil Palm Uganda, in Ugandan court) & Cambodia (before Intl. Criminal Court), updates on other cases
• also available in French, Russian & Spanish

• select sector to compare on the left-hand side & click on "View as table"

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

International Service for Human Rights; Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• workshop on human rights & the ICT sector (London, 10 Jul)
• peacebuilding & business: challenges & ways forward (London, 14 Jul)
• gathering of public interest law practitioners (Johannesburg, 23-24 Jul)
• business ethics training for suppliers in China (Guangzhou & Shanghai, 27-31 Jul)

• ILO (Call for Expression of Interest, Independent Midterm Evaluation)
• Open Society Foundations (Program Officer)
• Pukka (Sustainability Manager)
• Turner & Townsend (Global Corporate Social Responsibility Coordinator)
• UNI Global Union & IndustriALL Global Union (2 posts: Field Coordinator; Field Assistant)