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    Workshop report, business and Human Rights: an Asia Perspective

    International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation, 2006
    This document presents the outcomes of a workshop organised by the Social Responsibility Working Group of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) focusing on  Asia. It also reviews case studies of companies active in the area. Some of the overall workshop outcomes discussed in the document include:
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    El moderno trabajo esclavo

    La Alianza Global Jus Semper, 2007
    Este artículo discute cómo las condiciones laborales se han deteriorado a lo largo de las últimas décadas resultando en lo que el reporte llama “esclavitud moderna.” Se argumenta que a pesar de los organismos internacionales y de los convenios creados por los gobiernos de los países en favor de los derechos laborales, la realidad es que las prá
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    The OECD guidelines for multi-national enterprises: an evolving legal status

    Sherpa, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of the growing sphere of influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs). It aims to open up avenues which will enable the influence of the current framework of positive law on MNEs to be strengthened and to consider international customary law that could enable the guidelines to find a place within hard-law institutions.
  • Organisation

    Amazon Watch

    Amazon Watch works with indigenous and environmental organisations in the Amazon Basin to defend the environment and advance indigenous peoples' rights in the face of large-scale industrial de
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    Towards corporate accountability for human and environmental rights abuses

    European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), 2007
    This paper addresses options that the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) intends to explore, both at the international level and at European Union level,  which would improve the legal accountability of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) for human rights and environmental rights abuses.
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    European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) (ECCJ)

    ECCJ is an initiative from 16 European organisations which aims to ensure that corporations’ drive for profit is balanced by the interest of society at large, by promoting legally enforceable
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    The long march: survey and case studies of work injuries in the Pearl River Delta Region

    China Labor Watch, 2007
    This paper reports on an extended research project following on from a study conducted in 2005. It focuses on a survey study based on interviews with 260 injured workers from the Shenzhen metropolitan area of China between May and November 2006.
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    The Chad-Cameroon oil & pipeline project: a project non-compliance report

    Forest Peoples Programme, 2007
    This report assesses the role of the World Bank in the funding and management of the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project. The report argues that the project has fueled violence, impoverished people in the oil fields and along the pipeline route, exacerbated the pressures on indigenous peoples and created new environmental problems.
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    The dark side of healthcare: a report about Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan

    SwedWatch, 2007
    This report discusses Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan. The report reveals that simple surgical instruments, as well as patient wear, are produced for Swedish county councils in unacceptable working conditions that also lead to environmental destruction.
  • Organisation

    SwedWatch (SwedWatch)

    SwedWatch is a non-governmental organisation that writes reports on Swedish business relations with developing countries.

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