Business

By: Paula Alejandra Camargo Páez
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The uneven effects of climate change can be traced back to colonial legacies that still linger in mitigation and adaptation actions.

By: A. Kayum Ahmed
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The possibility of multiplanetary existence raises fascinating questions about the universality of the human rights framework.

By: Liliane Loya & Ellen Sprenger & Lucas Paulson
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Five trends that are reorganizing the way funding agencies can work for philanthropic causes.

By: Carol Cohn & Claire Duncanson
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To build gender-just sustainable peace, post-war states must make deep changes to address extractivism and inequality.

By: Yulanda Lui & Samuel Nesner
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Between 2006 and 2013, the Haitian government granted more than 50 mining permits to three U.S. and Canadian companies to explore land occupied by dozens of communities ...

By: Alicia Ely Yamin & Joel Curtain
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There is a window of opportunity to move toward a model of financing based on Global Public Investment (GPI) to advance health and other social rights.

By: Jordan T. Jones
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Michael Kleinman of Amnesty International USA reflects on the urgency of taking action against non-disclosure agreements.

By: Tynesha McHarris & Swatee Deepak
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At the center of almost every social justice movement are cis- and trans- women and girls, and non-binary folks of color leading the charge.

By: Andrés Zaragoza
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If we want to constructively engage companies, business associations or investors on human rights issues, we must recognize who our interlocutor is.

By: John Morrison
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Although the plan was initiated by the government, it seems likely that private enterprises will be asked to play a significant role at all stages of the process.

By: Dominique Calañas
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The human rights movement needs new ways of working which may even sound a little far-fetched.

By: Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky  & Francisco Cantamutto & María Julia Eliosoff Ferrero & Ana Fraile
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The video documentary series on "IMF and Human Rights" and the podcast "Promise is Debt" are political and cultural tools to limit the control of finance over our ...

By: Athayde Motta & Miles Litvinoff
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Mining companies must tackle human rights abuses or risk communities saying no to their operations.

By: Thomas Pogge
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Impact funds would make the business of innovation more cost-effective and enable a triple win for the potential beneficiaries of innovations.

By: Waris Husain & Sonali Dhawan
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Effective efforts to combat bonded and child labor in the Indian sandstone supply chain will require a nuanced approach to establish the right incentives to enforce ...

By: Zoha Shahid & Seemal Hameed & Simrah Faruqi
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Even though special economic zones promote industrial development, such development comes at the expense of land, labour, and human rights.

By: Nora Mardirossian
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Trans people experience disproportionate rates of violence and socioeconomic exclusion, leading to poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity. What is the role ...

By: Paulina Madero Suárez
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Can new, non-judicial approaches to gender-based violence and harassment in Mexico effectively supplement judicial avenues?

By: Aishu Balaji & Diyana Yahaya & Michelle R. Maziwisa
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Trade liberalisation is incompatible with women’s human rights and gender equality when corporations exploit women’s cheap labour as a source of comparative advantage.

By: Kayla Winarsky Green
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How can businesses help to reduce the pandemic’s unequal burden on single mothers?

By: Sehin Teferra
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Ethiopia needs a stand-alone feminist campaign calling for a new vision of job creation that prioritizes dignified work and decent wages for both men and women.

By: Andrea Bolaños Vargas & Andrea Suárez Trueba
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Indigenous women in Guatemala are using the concept of extraterritorial obligations to hold corporations accountable for violence—and to set important precedents ...

By: Manel Chibane

What role do corporations have in advocating for the rights of Black people and other racialized populations?

By: Nora Götzmann & Sébastien Lorion
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New data from Africa provides insights into the role of national human rights institutions in access to remedy for business-related human rights abuses.

By: Isabel Laura Ebert & Thorsten Busch
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The tech industry must engage with those affected by data errors and embedded discrimination to avoid systemic bias in data models.

By: Nora Götzmann
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It's time to ask important questions about the integrity of human rights impact assessments and their application.

By: Hassan Sesay & Daniel Sesay
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Legal empowerment helps locals to understand and claim their rights, resulting in a legal victory for communities in Sierra Leone against exploitative corporations.

By: Cynthia Trigo Paz
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A “gender-neutral” approach to human rights due diligence is insufficient, and corporations should take proactive steps towards addressing systemic gender discrimination.

By: Vanessa Daza Castillo
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Indigenous women in Ecuador are standing up to an extractive industry that has displaced vulnerable communities and concentrated land ownership in the hands of ...

By: Joanne Bauer
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A “web of corporate accountability” illustrates the multiple ways in which actors can hold corporations to account for human rights harms—and the leeway that remains ...

By: Stefania Di Stefano
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Because social media platforms dominate public forums worldwide, a governance system rooted in “social values” instead of human rights may be convenient for companies, ...

By: Jacinta Gonzalez
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Palantir has argued that its technology does not play an active role in deportations and the human rights violations that have occurred under the Trump administration, ...

By: Nora Götzmann & Wangui Kimotho
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National action plan processes can—and must—do more to contribute to the realisation of women’s rights.

By: Alejandro Bautista
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If compelling human rights narratives are not grounded in sustainable, replicable and scalable projects, it will be hard to outweigh the political and economic ...

By: Phil Bloomer & Alison Friedmann
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The recent declaration of the US Business Roundtable on the purpose of a corporation is a seismic shift and is symbolic of the growing power of the movement to ...

By: Maria Luisa Stasi & Pierre François Docquir
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Freedom of expression demands and facilitates the development of pluralistic media landscapes. But as more people get personalized news feeds from social media, ...

By: Alexandre Sommer-Schaechtele
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The indigenous peoples of French Guiana used an urgent procedure of the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to help stop a mining development—more ...

By: Ana Zbona & Phil Bloomer

A lawsuit exposing the use of surveillance software to target human rights defenders shows the urgent need for better regulation.

By: Salma Houerbi
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Weak labour legislation in Turkey, paired with brands that put profits before people, is causing harmful working conditions that exploit refugees.

By: Alison Berthet
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It’s clear that regulation of AI must start now, but why do emerging frameworks primarily talk about ethics rather than law and human rights?

By: Maria Luisa Stasi
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Social media platforms are abusing their dominant position and exploiting users with terms of service that fail to protect their human rights. Competition rules ...

By: Gabe Rissman
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A sustainable business model could help human rights groups apply shareholder pressure to improve corporate human rights behavior.

By: Ana Zbona & Sanyu Awori
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When space closes for labour rights defenders, the situation is far worse for those at the margins. Labour rights are human rights and must be protected.

By: Louis Bickford
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Hybrid entities that mix for-profit and not-for-profit strategies have the potential to free NGOs from constantly seeking foundation funding.

By: Dean Pinkert & James Ton-that & Ravi Soopramanien
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Blockchain solutions could help companies comply with human rights due diligence in more effective and efficient ways.

By: Roberto Andorno & Alicia Ely Yamin
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New developments in gene modifications make it more urgent than ever to raise societal awareness, and adopt appropriate measures to enforce existing international ...

By: Maysa Zorob
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The draft of a new business and human rights treaty is a good start, but needs to be strengthened to better protect victims and ensure their access to effective ...

By: Jennifer Easterday & Hana Ivanhoe

In the absence of sufficient monitoring and ameliorative action on the part of the tech companies, fake news in Sri Lanka is provoking non-violent, law-abiding ...

By: Who Profits Research Center
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Restrictions on Palestinian mobile companies mean that Israeli companies reap profits from Palestinian customers, while Israel benefits from the resulting surveillance ...

By: Antonio Sanchez Gomez
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In Colombia, public consultations have successfully halted exploitative mining projects. But can these consultations help to fight back against corruption?

By: Isabel Laura Ebert
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Technology can help to prevent conflict, but it can also facilitate human rights abuses, and companies that collect user data are in the middle of the debate.

By: Sherif Elsayed-Ali
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A new set of principles—the Toronto Declaration—aims to put human rights front and centre in the development and application of machine learning technologies.

By: Emre Eren Korkmaz
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming business models, but labor rights and other human rights issues are often lost amidst these quick changes. Can we ...

By: Dunstan Allison-Hope & Mark Hodge
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Artificial intelligence is disrupting how we live, work, do business, and govern—but what mechanisms can guide responsible behavior without stifling innovation?

By: Rajshri Sen
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Getting traction and funding for women’s rights in India can be difficult, but partnering with innovative corporations is one way to push the boundaries of change.

By: Maria Bobenrieth
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In these turbulent times, business as usual is no longer an option for women’s rights organizations, and we must branch into new methods of operating.

By: Astrid Puentes Riaño
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Due to lack of community consultation and negative socio-environmental impacts, the Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon has become a prime example of how not ...

By: Eniko Horvath & Christen Dobson
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In our efforts to quickly mitigate the negative impacts of climate change, advocates have a critical opportunity and responsibility to put human rights at the centre ...

By: Salil Tripathi

Many corporations have already taken a stand against Trump’s travel ban, and corporate leaders advising Trump must defend human rights.

By: Qian Cheng
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To make headway on human rights in China, advocates need to get creative by partnering with state-owned enterprises.

By: Uwe Gneiting 

Despite the growing urgency to address inequality, the business and human rights field has remained rather silent on the issue. Why?

By: Mark Aspinwall
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Civil society could have played a key role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership—why were they left out?

By: Bill Mawby & Theresa Harris

The human rights field could learn a lot from evidence-based practices developed in business and medicine.

By: Krizna Gomez & Gregory Tzeutschler Regaignon

With governments making commitments at the Paris Conference of Parties (COP21), global leaders must understand the impact and future of coal as a matter of human ...

By: Asuncion Lera St. Clair

We have the means to create a green and equitable economy, but first corporations must embrace sustainable growth strategies that include a concern for human rights.