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India: Orissa, Kashipur: Utkal bauxite & alumina project: human rights and environmental impacts
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2007This report reviews environmental and social aspects of plans by Utkal Alumina Industries Ltd to mine bauxite and refine alumina. The project is a joint venture between Canada’s Alcan and Hindalco.DocumentHuman rights and business learning tool
United Nations System Staff College, 2007This learning tool has been prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Office and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC).DocumentUndue influence: corporations gain ground in battle over China's new labor law: but human rights and labor advocates are pushing back
Global Labor Strategies, 2007This paper describes the behind-the-scenes battle that is raging over reforms in China’s labour law. U.S.-based and other global corporations have been aggressively lobbying the Chinese government to weaken or abandon significant pro-worker reforms it had proposed in March 2006.DocumentThe effectiveness of multi-stakeholder initiatives in the oil and gas sector: summary report
TwentyFifty, 2007This report explores the effectiveness of multi-stakeholder initiatives in governing the oil and gas sector.DocumentThe politics of corporate social responsibility: reflections on the United Nations Human Rights Norms for Corporations
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2007This paper explores the politics behind the United Nation’s Draft Human Rights Norms for Corporations.DocumentTransnational litigation manual for human rights and environmental cases in United States courts
EarthRights International, 2006This manual outlines legal measures in the United States for holding corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas. The guide is directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn about this type of litigation, and possibly participate in a lawsuit.DocumentWomen’s general and reproductive health in global supply chains
Business for Social Responsibility, 2006In developing economies, women account for a disproportionately large percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing for export markets.DocumentILO – UN standards: synergies or competition?
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2006The study presents and compares two instruments which regulate the responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights.DocumentBusiness and human rights: the role of business in weak governance: business proposals for effective ways of addressing dilemma situations in weak governance zones
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2006This main objective of this paper is to identify effective ways for companies to deal with dilemma situations encountered in weak governance zones. The first part of the paper presents the range of issues associated with weak governance zones and the reality faced by companies that operate or are contemplating operating in them.DocumentSOMO briefing paper on ethics in clinical trials: Examples of unethical trials
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006This briefing paper provides an overview of known examples of unethical clinical trials for pharmaceuticals with a focus on developing countries. The study makes the following general observations :Pages