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    Child labour, trade relations and corporate social responsibility: what the European Union should do

    Child Rights Information Network, 2008
    Building to a large extent on the existing consensus of the European Parliament for stronger policies and certain forms of regulation on Corporate and Social Responsibility, this policy paper provides recommendations on what the European Union should do on child labour, trade relations and CSR.
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    Human rights and assigned duties: implications for corporation

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    As the power of the corporate sector has become particularly salient, what duties the notion of universal human rights assign to corporation? This paper develops core elements of a general scheme of Human Rights duty assignment, and studies the implications for corporations.
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    Labour rights in the supply chain and corporate social responsibility

    International Federation for Human Rights, 2008
    This report assess labour rights in Bangladesh's export garment industry.
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    Recommendations to reduce the risk of human rights violations and improve access to justice

    International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity, 2008
    Business activities are central to the well-being of national economies and the global economy at large.This paper examines the function of states in regulating the role of transnational corporations and other businesses. It recommends actions to protect people from human rights violations committed by enterprises. 
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    Business and human rights: the evolving international agenda

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    The state-based system of global governance has struggled for more than a generation to regulate the expanding reach and growing influence of transnational corporations. This paper reviews two recent chapters of this effort, focused especially on human rights:
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    Rights-compatible grievance mechanisms: a guidance tool for companies and their stakeholders

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008
    This document provides guidance for effective grievance mechanisms in the context of corporate social responsibility. It provides a tool for companies and their local stakeholders to work out rights-compatible, effective grievance mechanisms integrating human rights norms and standards into its processes.
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    International investment agreements, business and human rights: key issues and opportunities

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008
    This paper responds to the need to identify and understand the linkages between international investment agreements (IIAs) and the debate on business and human rights. It provides a broad-based review of these linkages, focusing on the existing IIAs, and their relationship to business and human rights issues.
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    Losing ground. the human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia.

    Friends of the Earth International, 2008
    This report reveals growing evidence of human rights violations associated with the Indonesian oil palm industry. Drawing on interviews with individuals on the ground and previous research, it explores some of the civil, political, economic, social and cultural impacts of oil palm plantations.
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    Livestock breeding in the hands of corporations

    GRAIN, 2008
    This paper explores developments in the global livestock industry and their impact on smallholder farmers and the environment in developing countries. In particular, it considers the effect of free trade agreements, government policy, industrial companies and the technological revolution in fields like genetics.
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    Grievance mechanisms for businesses and human rights: strengths, weaknesses and gaps

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008
    There is a growing body of extrajudicial grievance mechanisms in the business and human rights arena to which complainants can take their concerns. This paper aims to provide an assessment of some of the strengths and weaknesses of a group of such mechanisms that engage directly with corporations in resolving human rights grievances.

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