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    Country Risk Portal

    Human Rights and Business Project, 2010
    The Human Rights and Business Country Risk Portal (based at the Danish Institute for Human Rights) will create the first freely available website where companies can access country-specific information on human rights risks alongside tools and advice for managing those risks.
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    Baker and McKenzie

    International law firm. See website for individual country office contact details.
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    Worldwide guide to trade unions and works councils

    Baker and McKenzie, 2010
    This book looks at the current state of works councils and trade unions for 33 countries around the world. Topics include: collective bargaining unfair labour practices trade union employee protections rights employee collective representatives the labour regulatory regime
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    A methodology for human rights impact assessment (draft version)

    Nomogaia Foundation, 2008
    This methodology for Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) manual aims to systematically identify, predict and respond to projects' potential impacts on human rights. Experience has shown that standard assessments, those of environmental, social or health impacts cannot capture the full range of issues that might trigger or exacerbate human rights violations.
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    Death and taxes: the true toll of tax dodging

    Christian Aid, 2008
    This report discusses the global taxation system that allows corporates to avoid their responsibilities while condemning the poorest to stunted development, even premature death. It argues that tax avoidance is a grey area. Although it is legal, it has a sliding scale of legitimacy. In the corporate world, avoidance often involves the use of tax havens to shelter and boost profits.
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    Socially conscious consumerism: a systematic review of the body of knowledge

    Network for Business Sustainability, 2009
    Consumer personal consumption decisions can help maintain the environment or contribute to its deterioration.
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    Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)

    The Network for Business Sustainability enables business sustainability by fostering collaboration between industry and academia.
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    Non-judicial remedies in Norway for corporate social responsibility abroad: a discussion paper

    Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2009
    This discussion paper is intended to provide an overview of and insight into the main trends of policy work and research on state-based non-judicial mechanisms. The paper should serve as a background for public policy discussion of non-judicial mechanisms in Norway.
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    Getting back on the rails: the private sector and development

    Christian Aid, 2009
    This paper contends that private sector is a vital player in poverty eradication and is the engine of development. However, all too often it underperforms in developing countries as the Washington Consensus elevated market over the state ignoring the inter-relatedness of both.
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    Not just a tragedy: Access to medication as a right under international law

    Boston University International Law Journal, 2004
    An estimated 29.4 million adults and children live with HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the fact that new combinations of antiretroviral therapy and other medications have enabled HIV-positive people in much of the developing world to live productive lives for many years, HIV and AIDS are now the largest contributor to mortality in several Sub-Saharan African countries.

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