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• URGENT ACTION: Union leaders kidnapped in India. Take action now!

  26 August, by Clean Clothes Campaign — Press Releases
  Take action now to condemn the kidnapping of two trade union leaders at a Marks & Spencer (M&S) supplier factory in India and to call for their immediate and safe return. The kidnappings are part of a brutal attack against 60 workers, which took place as they arrived for work at the Viva Global (...)
  

• WANTED: The worst corporations of the year. Call for nominations for the Public Eye Awards 2011

  25 August, by Public Eye — Members' activities
  The Berne Declaration and Greenpeace Switzerland are once again on a global hunt for corporations whose social or ecological behavior stinks to high heaven. For their public naming and shaming we need relevant cases from civil society… that means you! Whether exploitative working conditions, (...)
  

• Outrage at Shell-funded UN report on Nigeria oil spills

  24 August, by Friends of the Earth Europe — Press Releases
  LAGOS (NIGERIA) / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS).- Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures produced by oil companies and Nigerian state statistics than on community testimony (...)
  

• Global Witness takes UK government to court for failing to list UK companies trading Congo conflict minerals for UN sanctions

  26 July, by Global Witness — Press Releases
  The British government is acting unlawfully in refusing to put forward eligible UK companies and individuals trading in Congolese ‘conflict minerals' for targeted UN sanctions, said campaign group Global Witness today in an application to the High Court for a judicial review. A number of UK (...)
  

• Switzerland's home state duty to protect against corporate abuse

  20 July, by Berne Declaration and others — Members
  This report was commissioned by a coalition of the leading nine Swiss NGO working in the field of corporate accountability and researched by the International Commission of Jurists. Its objectives are the clarification of existing legal frameworks and the needed national reforms to improve (...)
  

• Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms

  8 July, by FIDH — Members, Better Access to Justice
  The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is pleased to announce the publication of a guide for victims and NGOs on recourse mechanisms in cases of corporate-related human rights violations. The guide -produced in the context of the ECCJ campaign "Rights for people, Rules for (...)
  

• Public Panel Debate: Corporate Justice? In search of effective remedies for victims of corporate-related abuse

  29 June, by FIDH — Upcoming Events
  On the occasion of the launch of FIDH's guidebook “Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: A guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms” and OECD Watch report “10 Years On: Assessing the contribution of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to responsible business (...)
  

• Pressure FIFA: Soccer Ball Stitchers Need Your Support!

  8 June, by Clean Clothes Campaign — Members' activities
  Make your voice be heard today to put pressure on FIFA. New research reveals that workers stitching soccer balls in Pakistan, India, China and Thailand continue to experience alarming labour rights violations. On June 7th, 2010 the International Labour Rights Forum released a detailed report (...)
  

• Press Release: New Rules for Business needed at World Economic Forum meeting

  
  11 May, by European Coalition for Corporate Justice — Press Releases
  Business leaders and European lawmakers meeting today at the 'World Economic Forum on Europe' in Brussels are being urged to make companies accountable for the harm they cause people and the environment around the world. Delegates at the 'World Economic Forum' (WEF) meeting are discussing (...)
  

• Call for Entries: Virtual Exhibition

  
  31 March, by European Coalition for Corporate Justice — ECCJ activities
  As part of our “Rights for people, rules for business“ campaign we have been looking for artists or art students in the fields of visual, performance or media art to contribute to an exhibition on “global corporate accountability.“ Participants' work displays a commitment to progressive ideas and a (...)
  

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