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NGOs Complain of Corporate Lawsuits Against Activists
August 04, 2017
Two representatives of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre warn that companies are using "judicial harassment" - such as suing for defamation or for destruction of property - to block "accountability" from human rights activists across the globe.
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NGO: ICC Must Investigate Chiquita "Crimes"
August 04, 2017
The International Federation for Human Rights has issued a press release demanding the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate executives of the produce company Chiquita for their alleged complicity in "crimes against humanity" committed by Colombian paramilitary forces.
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NGO Pushes Insurers to Cut Ties with Coal
August 04, 2017
Peter Bosshard of the environmental activist organization Sunrise Project writes that insurance companies must stop underwriting projects that support coal production to help achieve the goal of the UN's 2015 Paris deal to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius.
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Oil Company Shareholders Adopt Climate Reporting Measure
August 04, 2017
Showing the significant impact activist shareholders can have on business and human rights and climate policies at large companies, the California Public Employees' Retirement System has touted the passage by shareholders in Occidental Petroleum of its resolution requiring the energy company to report the impacts of climate change on its future business.
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NGOs: EU Must Address Foreign "Land Grabs"
August 04, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published a report asserting that EU institutions and member states have been complicit in their businesses' human rights-violating "land grabs" in foreign countries and calling on officials to address these problems through measures such as human rights impact assessments and an EU-wide mechanism to evaluate complaints.
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