Source: https://www.asser.nl/DoingBusinessRight/Blog/post/doing-business-right-monthly-report-february-2018
Timestamp: 2019-11-18 21:13:50
Document Index: 699756025

Matched Legal Cases: ['art.5', 'art.1', 'art.2', 'art.3', 'art.4', 'art.5']

Doing Business Right Blog | Doing Business Right – Monthly Report – February 2018 - By Shamistha Selvaratnam
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On 12 February 2019, the Dutch courts heard a lawsuit involving Esther Kiobel and three other women against Shell. The plaintiffs allege that Shell was complicity in the 1995 killings of their husbands by Nigeria’s military. The husbands were Ogoni activists that were part of the mass protests against oil pollution in Nigeria’s Ogoniland. The judgment is expected to be handed down in May 2019. Read more here.
Council of Europe – Business and Human Rights: A handbook for legal practitioners
European Commission – Cambodia: EU launches procedure to temporarily suspend trade preferences
European Commission – Deforestation and forest degradation - stepping up EU action
European Council – Human rights: Council adopts conclusions on EU priorities in UN human rights fora in 2019
European Parliament – Access to legal remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuses in third countries
OECD – OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector: The Alignment of Industry and Multi-Stakeholder Programmes with The OECD Garment And Footwear Guidance: Assessment of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition
UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner – Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational - corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights: Call for comments and proposals on the draft legally binding instrument
Alliance for Corporate Transparency – 2018 Research Report: The state of corporate sustainability disclosure under the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive
Amnesty International – Destination: Occupation: Digital Tourism and Israel’s Illegal Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Amnesty International – Nigeria: Shell complicit in the arbitrary executions of Ogoni Nine as writ served in Dutch court
CorA Network for Corporate Accountability – CorA-Network welcomes law proposal for value chains by development minister Gerd Mueller
CORE – What does 2019 hold for corporate accountability?
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights – Lessons and challenges in litigation, with examples from Qatar
Institute for Human Rights and Business – Migrant Worker Accommodation
Institute for Human Rights and Business – Migrant Worker Wages & Payslips
Institute for Human Rights and Business – Migrant Workers & Unions
Institute for Human Rights and Business – Rights and Wrongs - Amazon and New York: Lessons for the Extractive Sector
International Federation for Human Rights – Brumadinho dam: NGOs urge companies and investors to use leverage and require Vale to remedy the situation
International Federation for Human Rights – EU Member States under the Spotlight
International Labor Rights Forum – Future of Fashion: Worker-Led Strategies
Oxfam – The People Behind the Prices: A Focused Human Rights Impact Assessment of SOK Corporation's Italian Processed Tomato Supply Chains
Sherpa – Vigilance Plans Reference Guidance
Shift – Beyond Voluntary: What it Means for States to Play an Active Role in Fostering Business Respect for Human Rights
Shift – Fulfilling the State Duty to Protect: A Statement on the Role of Mandatory Measures in a “Smart Mix”: A statement on the role of mandatory measures in a “smart mix” when implementing the UNGPs
The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations – The EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement
The Danish Institute for Business and Human Rights – National Action Plans on Business & Human Rights: An Analysis
House of Commons, Environmental Audit Committee, London – Fixing Fashion: clothing consumption and sustainability
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, India – National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights Zero Draft
Thailand – Draft National Action Plan
The Federal Assembly of The Swiss Parliament – Commission Adopts Indirect Counter-Initiative at the Initiative of Responsible Multinationals
UK Parliament – UK Export Finance inquiry launched
Climate Liability News – Shell Faces Lawsuit in the Netherlands, a New Legal Front in the Climate Battle
EarthRights International – Historic Supreme Court Win: World Bank Group Is Not Above The Law
Fin24 – Gemfields settles R100m Mozambican claim, denies liability
Friends of the Earth Netherlands – Friends of the Earth Netherlands sues Shell for causing climate change
Greenpeace – Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
Mediapart – Judicial victory for opponents of the Montagne d'Or
Reuters – European Court condemns Italy for pollution at Ilva steel plant
Cision – Government of Canada commits to measures towards ending child and forced labour in corporate supply chains
Climate Liability News – States, Organizations, Scientists Urge Court to Keep Climate Suits in State Court
Eco Business – The rising tide of regulations on business and human rights: Could Asia be next?
Ethical Marketing News – Nationwide Coalition of over 85 Groups Urges Companies Commit Not to Provide Face Surveillance to the Government
EU Observer – Could Finnish presidency fix labour-chain abuse?
EU Reporter – #FinnishEUPresidency urged to toughen up human rights rules on business
Fast Forward News – American Jews Sue Airbnb, Alleging Anti-Semitic Discrimination
Financial Times – Credit rating agencies turn attention to ESG risk
La Republica – Peasants from Espinar claim abuse from companies Glencore and Carlyle Group
Glencore’s response
The Carlyle Group’s response
Le Temps – The Multinational Leaders Initiative, a golden opportunity for the gold sector
Modern Diplomacy – ILO and H&M Group expand partnership
Oxfam Novib – Albert Heijn commits to become a leader on human rights
Quartz – 5,000 workers protesting low wages in Bangladeshi garment factories have been fired
Reuters – Australian companies 'significantly exposed' to slavery risk - investors
Reuters – Britain's leading tea brand reveals suppliers in bid to end worker abuses
The Sydney Morning Herald – 'Watershed': BHP, Rio urge constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians
The New York Times – Soccer Player’s Detention Poses ‘Historic Test’ for Global Sports
Thomson Reuters Foundation News – Canada moves one step closer to supply chain legislation
Başak Bağlayan – Searching for Human Rights Norms for Corporate Conduct in Domestic Jurisprudence: A Bottom-Up Approach to International Law, Nordic Journal of Human Rights
Humberto Cantu Rivera – National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights: Progress or Mirage? Business and Human Rights Journal
Humberto Cantú Rivera – National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights: Progress or Mirage? Business and Human Rights Journal
Lorenzo Cotula and Nicolás M Perrone – Reforming investor-state dispute settlement: what about third-party rights? IIED Briefing
Nuria Reguart-Segarra – Business, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Security in the Case Law of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Business and Human Rights Journal
Sorcha Macleod and Rebecca Dewinter-Schmitt – Certifying Private Security Companies: Effectively Ensuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights?, Business and Human Rights Journal
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: Introduction
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (Part.1)
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: The South African Human Rights Commission (Part.2)
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: The Romanian Institute for Human Rights (Part.3)
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: The Australian Human Rights Commission (Part.4)
Alexandru Tofan – National Human Rights Institutions as Gateways to Remedy under the UNGPs: The National Human Rights Commission of India (Part.5)
Yulia Levashova & Tineke Lambooy – Towards reforming the fair and equitable treatment standard in International Investment Agreements
Amy Sinclair – Tackling modern slavery now a matter of legal compliance, LSJ Online
Andrea Maksimovic – Can the Australian Modern Slavery Act offer the meaningful protections labour needs? Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Carolijn Terwindt & Gisela Burckhardt – Social audits in the textile industry: How to control the controllers? Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Dunstan Allison-Hope – A New Transparency Challenge for Business and Human Rights, Business for Social Responsibility
Ingrid Landau and Shelley Marshall – What are we missing by focusing on modern slavery? Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Linde Byke – A supply chain of complicity: Labour exploitation in Qatar and migrant workers' access to justice Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Louise Eldridge – The Zambian farmers who are suing a mining company in a British court, Africa is a Country
Saskia Wilks and Johannes Blankenbach, Will Germany become a leader in the drive for corporate due diligence on human rights? Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Shane Darcy – Four UN Special Rapporteurs Warn Ireland of Risks of Forced Labour in Irish Fishing Industry, Business & Human Rights in Ireland
Sharan Burrow – Finnish EU Presidency urged to toughen up human rights rules on business, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Vanessa Zimmerman – Modern Slavery Act: Does Business Realise What It’s Asking For? Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Clean Clothes Campaign – Reasons why the Bangladesh Accord matters to workers in Bangladesh
Call for submissions – The relationship between private military and security companies and extractive industry companies from a human rights perspective in law and practice – United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
25 March 2019 – Is Corporate Accountability Possible in Capitalism? – British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London
2 April 2019 – Non-Financial Reporting: Implications for business and human rights in Ireland – Galway, Ireland
30 April 2019 – Rebuilding Trust in Corporate Australia – Business as an Agent of Sustainable Change – Global Compact Network of Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Tags : Human Rights, Due Diligence, HRDD, Kiobel, Shell