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NGO Seeks Investor Pressure on Companies over Trafficking
December 22, 2015
Acknowledging the "unprecedented scrutiny" British corporations are facing following the passage of a UK law requiring companies to report on their efforts to rid their supply chains of forced labor, nongovernmental organization Finance Against Trafficking has released a report guiding investors on how to pressure companies to perform extensive supply-chain due diligence in this area.
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Activists Push Divestment from Gun Companies
December 22, 2015
Echoing calls from environmental activists for large investment funds to divest from fossil fuel-related companies, journalist Suzanne McGee highlights a new movement, led by the organization Campaign to Unload, that seeks increasingly drastic measures for investors to pursue to ensure that their money is not invested with companies that produce firearms.
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Philippines Human-Rights Commission Investigates "Carbon Majors"
December 22, 2015
The Philippines Commission on Human Rights has announced that it will cooperate with UN human-rights agencies in investigating a group of multinational energy companies for violating rights through their contributions to the emission of greenhouse gases.
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NGO Seeks Prosecution of BHR-Violating Companies
December 22, 2015
A report from the UK nongovernmental organization Traidcraft has called for the British Government to prosecute companies that commit "serious" violations of the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in other countries.
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Academic Charts Path for Foreign Human-Rights Suits in US
December 22, 2015
In a law review article, Cortelyou Kenney of Stanford Law School argues that there is "hope" for litigants of foreign human-rights lawsuits against corporations in US courts to succeed in obtaining remedies by using novel legal arguments to circumvent US Supreme Court jurisprudence limiting the hearing of such foreign cases.