Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment
WEB5 days ago · As set out in the UN Guiding Principles, human rights due diligence is a process for identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for human rights impacts. This includes both actual impacts occurring in the present and potential impacts that could occur in the future. Human rights due diligence is not an end in itself, but a means to an ...
Nike is facing a new wave of anti-sweatshop protests
WEBAug 1, 2017 · On July 29, students and activists around the world participated in a day of protest against Nike, organized by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The demonstrations, in cities such as Boston, Washington D.C., Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras, represented an escalation of allegations against …
Child labour on Nestlé farms: chocolate giant's problems continue
WEBSep 2, 2015 · A new report by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), commissioned by Nestlé, saw researchers visit 260 farms used by the company in Ivory Coast from September to December 2014.The researchers found 56 workers under the age of 18, of which 27 were under 15. At one farm in the Divo district of the country, the FLA found evidence of forced labour, with a young worker not receiving any salary for a ...
[PDF] The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: …
WEB4 days ago · In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent and address human rights abuses committed in business operations.
Text of the Guiding Principles - Business & Human Rights …
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About Us - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBJun 29, 2020 · We help communities and NGOs get companies to address human rights concerns, and provide companies an opportunity to present their response in full. We take up alleged abuse quickly and directly with companies. We’ve made over 6,000 approaches to companies asking them to respond to specific human rights allegations.
Human Rights Due Diligence Checklists
WEBMay 24, 2012 · The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights expects all businesses to have human rights due diligence to identify, prevent and mitigate any human rights impacts they may have. To meet this question, The Coca-Cola Company has developed a number of human rights due diligence resources and tools to …
Australia's Modern Slavery Act: is it fit for purpose?
WEBApr 3, 2023 · The verdict is out and business supports reform of Australia’s modern slavery regime. Our latest research canvassed views on the impacts and implementation of the Modern Slavery Act. It reveals business support for human rights due diligence requirements and more robust policing of the Act. The ball is now in the government’s court.
SLAPPs: Key Resources - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBOct 8, 2020 · SLAPPs: Key Resources. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are frequently deployed by companies to silence and harass critics. SLAPPs seek to manipulate the judicial system by masquerading as legitimate legal claims, abusing laws (e.g. on libel / defamation) to target valid and protected speech or protest.
Strategic Plan - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Strategic Plan. Since our founding in 2002, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has played a constructive role at the heart of the global business and human rights movement. Current conditions in this and the next decade encourage us to continue working for the advancement of human rights in …