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Call for improved transparency on business respect for human rights Amsterdam, 10 December 2020 – As the world marks Human Rights Day, the widening societal inequalities brought into focus by the pandemic are a stark reminder of the action needed to advance human rights. The role companies play, in terms of understanding how their behavior …
Indians want Women, children and older people protected most under Human Rights ICRC and HRC lauded most for their work New Delhi, August 30, 2018 – According to a new survey by Ipsos on Human Rights, Indians are aware about the broad contours of Human Rights with the majority of them advocating the merits …
The Justice in Mining Network works to protect human rights and the environment, and seeks to ensure mining only occurs where issues of EQUITY and SUSTAINABILITY are addressed. The Network is guided by Catholic Social Teaching, Ignatian heritage and Jesuit justice tradition. The Justice in Mining Network is one of four Global Ignatian Advocacy Networks set …
Jakarta, 28 April 2017 – The IOI Group, one of the world’s largest palm oil traders, today made a significant commitment to address deforestation and exploitation throughout its supply chain. [1] Greenpeace has suspended its active campaign to give IOI time to show it is serious about reform. Today’s announcement comes one year after the …
Manila, 8 December 2016 – The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) today initiated the next steps in the world’s first-ever national investigation into human rights harms resulting from climate change (1), despite apparent opposition from some fossil fuel companies. A legal petition submitted by 18 individuals and 14 organisations, including Greenpeace Southeast …
16 November 2015, Geneva. GRI, pioneer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards, today launched its latest Linkage Document at the Fourth United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. ‘Linking G4 and the UN Guiding Principles’ highlights the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines (G4) and key concepts of the …
As the trial re-commences of prominent human rights defender Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus, Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, calls for their immediate release. A chorus of international observers has raised serious concerns over the wellbeing of both Leyla and Arif while in custody, as well as the potentially political nature of the trial. …
A resolution proposed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Myanmar titled ” Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar” (A/HRC/29/L.30) was adopted by consensus at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 3rd July 2015. The resolution, proposed by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC, makes a …
The free online courses will be designed by human rights and education experts from across Amnesty International and will be launched in Fall 2015 on the edX platform. India is home to the largest population of edX learners outside of the United States with about 450,000 learners from India This will be the first MOOC …
