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Weekly Update - 8 October 2014
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Philippines: Unions announce new labour agreement with Apple supplier NXP & reinstatement of 12 union leaders following global campaign

IndustriALL

  • previous NXP responses & rejoinder by IndustriALL provided; Apple did not respond to concerns raised about its supplier
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International
Cambodians file claim before Intl. Criminal Court alleging widespread & systematic land seizures by govt. & govt-linked businesses amount to crime against humanity

Financial Times (UK); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)


Amnesty Intl.: Chinese firms export "tools of torture" fuelling abuses in Africa & Asia

Deploying private security companies could make starting wars easier, warns Manchester Univ. study

Proposal for an Intl. Arbitration Tribunal on business & human rights:
Africa
Uganda: Residents near Hoima say they were violently evicted from land for McAlester Energy Resources waste water facility 

Voice of America

  • we invited McAlester Energy Resources to respond - response provided
Observations from Africa Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights: 6 trends shaping human rights & business in Africa

Mike Baab, Danish Institute for Human Rights

  • also provided: text of remarks at Forum by UN Working Group, African Union & ILO officials, others
Uganda: President plans to exempt mining investors from obtaining landowners' consent before beginning mining operations

Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Americas
Peru: Union campaign & OECD Guidelines complaint over violent attack against leader of Prosegur union

UNI Global Union

  • we invited Prosegur to respond - response provided in Spanish
Follow-up to a previous Update - Brazil: NGOs issue rejoinders to 5 companies regarding campaign against slave-like conditions in construction sector (in Portuguese)
  • 2 of the companies add further comments, Brookfield and Emccamp
Brazil: Companies, including Carrefour, adopt positive initiatives against homophobia

Exame (Brasil)

  • only in Portuguese: Brasil: Empresas adotam iniciativas positivas contra a homofobia
USA: FedEx shareholders vote down request from Native American tribe to drop sponsorship of Washington Redskins over concerns team name is racist

TRNS (USA)
Asia & Pacific
Thailand: Asian Human Rights Commission raises concern over intensified threats & violence against Klong Sai Pattana community by govt. security forces & agribusiness

UN human rights experts ask Thai Govt. to respond to allegations of trafficking & forced labour against companies Natural Fruit & Vita Food - no response from govt.

Irrawaddy (Myanmar)


Sri Lanka: Clean Clothes Campaign calls on Bata shoe company to take responsibility for supplier's dismissal of workers allegedly due to union activity
  • we invited Bata to respond - response provided
China: Report on project fostering shared learning between companies on human rights
  • cases from BASF, China Minmetals, China Ocean Shipping Co. (COSCO), Coca-Cola, CPI Yunnan, Flextronics, General Electric, HP, Shell and Sinosteel
  • 促进中国商界领袖开展企业有关人权影响对话的项目报告
Europe & Central Asia
Germany: Video shows security contractors abusing asylum seekers - includes comments from security provider European Homecare

Deutsche Welle; euronews


Bulgaria: 15 killed in explosion at Videx explosives plant - investigation underway

Novinite (Bulgaria)
Middle East & North Africa
Morocco: Fairfood calls for living wage at European supermarkets' tomato suppliers
  • we invited Ahold, Tesco & Sainsbury's to respond - Tesco & Sainsbury's responses provided; we will indicate whether Ahold responds
Company responses Non-responses
Announcements
Final reminder: Nominations open for Chairperson of 2014 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (due 10 Oct)

Call for applications: Study on measuring human rights violations (due 12 Oct)

Institute for Development and Peace, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
Events
Forthcoming events:
  • dignity, business responsibility and human rights (Tübingen, 9 Oct)
  • webinar on access to water, business and human rights (9 Oct)
  • human rights and international law conference (Lausanne, 10 Oct)
  • launch of international journal on human rights (London, 10 Oct)
  • panel discussion on human rights and investment (Geneva, 15 Oct) 
Details of these and other events further in the future can be found here.  Please send relevant event information to Sam Whannel: whannel@business-humanrights.org
Jobs
Reminder: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is looking for legal & general research interns to join our London office [deadline 13 & 20 October respectively]

Current vacancies: Further details and other recently posted jobs available here.  Please send job announcements to Sam Whannel: whannel@business-humanrights.org
Español
Colombia: Comunidad indígena y ONGs denuncian desalojo forzado y otros problemas en disputa con Cerrejón

Las Dos Orillas, Comunidad Indígena Las Casitas, INDEPAZ, Power Shift, London Mining Network, y otras organizaciones

  • Nosotros invitamos a Cerrejón a responder; la respuesta está disponible
Perú: Campaña sindical y queja ante el punto nacional de la OCDE en España por ataque a dirigente del sindicato de Prosegur

UNI Global Union

  • Nosotros invitamos a Prosegur a responder; la respuesta está disponible
Ecuador: Gobierno se disculpa con indígenas de Sarayaku por no haberles consultado en concesión a Compañía General de Combustibles en cumplimiento al fallo de la Corte Interamericana

AFP


Chile: Autoridades investigarán derrame de más de 3 mil litros de petróleo que pone en riesgo medios de vida de la población local

Publimetro


México: Autoridades ambientales mantienen vigilancia a descontaminación por Pemex tras derrame de petróleo en Tamaulipas

Diario Hoy Tamaulipas


Colombia: Denuncian asesinato de un líder indígena Waunaan, oponente de minería industrial

Las Dos Orillas


Honduras: Organizaciones populares expresan oposición a proyectos REDD, por menoscabo a derechos indígenas y privatización de sus territorios

COPINH, Adital


Venezuela: Sindicatos protestan contra la criminalización de la huelga y la contratación colectiva

El Nacional (Venezuela)


Estados Unidos: Asociación empresarial de tabacaleros adopta política contra el trabajo infantil

Human Rights Watch


Filial de TUI Travel se adhiere a "The Code", un código de conducta internacional contra la explotación sexual infantil

Periódico Cinco Días


Camboyanos presentan queja ante la Corte Penal Internacional por acaparamiento sistemático de tierras, que involucra a dirigentes empresariales

FIDH
Français
Des cambodgiens saisissent la Cour pénale internationale pour crimes présumés découlant de l'accaparement des terres pratiqué par les entreprises et le gouvernement

FIDH


8 entreprises françaises participent à l’élaboration d’une norme internationale pour les entreprises de sécurité privée qui inclut les droits de l’homme

Expoprotection (France)


Burkina Faso : La société civile exige que le nouveau code minier oblige les compagnies minières à verser 1% de taxe annuelle aux communautés locales

F@sozine (Burkina Faso)

 
Conférence du Parcours Manager Responsable : Entreprise et droit de l'homme (Le Havre, France, 6 novembre)

Les entreprises européennes discrimineraient à l’embauche en n’employant pas assez de travailleurs migrants, selon une étude de l’OCDE

Web Manager Center (Tunisie)
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