Business & human rights: Weekly Update - July 3, 2007

From the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre:

Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 4 July 2007

CLICK THIS LINK FOR ALL TOP STORIES added past 7 days /
Principales noticias / Articles de premier plan:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Topstories?date=2007/07/04

The top stories include / Las noticias incluyen / Les articles
incluent:

* Report on meeting between UN Special Representative John Ruggie &
other UN human rights mandate holders
- Mandates represented include: housing; disappearances; health;
indigenous peoples; mercenaries; torture; toxic waste
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/197063

* Brazil: Authorities free over 1000 "debt slaves" working in
"horrendous" conditions on sugar plantation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/374926

* Dem. Rep. of Congo: Military court acquits 3 Anvil mining employees
of complicity in war crimes
- Global Witness, RAID, raise concerns about trial process
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/901172

* UN Global Compact summit, Geneva, 5-6 July
- Survey of Compact participants finds "much room for advancement" in
business' approach to human rights
- Also provided: China Daily on Chinese participation; NGO position
(Amnesty Intl., ActionAid, Greenpeace, Berne Declaration); Intl. Chamber
of Commerce position; Save the Children survey of Swedish companies;
Goldman Sachs investment framework incorporating Compact principles
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/280783

* So. Africa: Farmworkers make the decisions in social, educational &
health initiatives funded by Waitrose
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/100732

* Are biofuels causing more harm than good? (BBC radio debate)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/699410

* China: New labour law enacted - labour activists welcome law but
express concerns on implementation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/944686

* Colombia: Amnesty Intl. highlights "systematic" attacks against trade
unionists
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/682874

* Interview with Al Gore and David Blood: "Investing in sustainability"
- Refers to positive steps by Wal-Mart, General Electric, Novo Nordisk,
Johnson Controls
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/170148

* Save the Children: "Corporate Social Responsibility and children's
rights in South Asia"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/641812

* Español: Ecuador: Acusan a guardias de empresa remediadora de
reprimir a defensores de derechos humanos
- Respuesta de Ecuavital Biox: "Los funcionarios no fueron
agredidos...hemos pedido el reporte a la empresa Jara Seguridad sobre el suceso"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/476705

* Español: Perú: Acusan a minera Miski Mayo (filial de Companhia Vale
do Rio Doce, CVRD) de formar "cuadros de defensa" armados
- CVRD declina comentar; Sociedad Nacional de Minería, Petróleo y
Energía "conversará" con Miski Mayo para que responda
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/586188

* Español: Colombia: Informe de Amnistía Internacional destaca
agresiones "sistemáticas" contra sindicalistas
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/887903

* Español: Kohl's retira prendas de Daisy Fuentes de sus tiendas luego
de alegaciones de abusos contra trabajadores en Guatemala
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/984960

* Español: Premian a las 15 empresas "más responsables socialmente" en
Chile
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/555189

* Français : Dém Rép du Congo : 3 employés d'Anvil Mining sont
acquittés de complicité dans des crimes de guerre
- Des organisations des droits de l'homme disent que la Cour a violé
les principes d'un procès juste et équitable
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/273060

* Français : Chine: Gouvernement demande à la Banque mondiale de
censurer son étude pour cacher 750 000 morts à cause de la pollution
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/528098

* Français : Rapport d'Amnesty International décrit les "attaques
systématiques" contre les syndicalistes en Colombie
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/553801

* Français : Classement de Greenpeace « Pour une high tech responsable
» - Dans la dernière édition, Nokia est en tête, Apple s'améliore, LG &
Sony en dernières places
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/642827