Business & human rights: Weekly Update - November 7, 2007

From the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre:Weekly Update:
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 7 November
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=2007/11/07

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

* US court awards $3.3 million to 6 Nicaraguan workers who say they
were made sterile by pesticide used by Dole, manufactured by Dow, Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/155151

* UN, Google, Cisco launch website to track global poverty, progress
towards Millennium Development Goals
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/835849

* Investigation reveals extensive tax avoidance by banana companies
such as Dole, Chiquita, Fresh Del Monte, Fyffes, depriving govts. of
revenue for development & services
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/445851

* Norway's pension fund sells Vedanta shares - points to "systematic"
environmental, human rights failures
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/410995

* Plans for $400 million Global Pollution Remediation Fund agreed by
consortium of govts., researchers, NGOs
- Also: Blacksmith Institute report on "World's Worst Polluted Places"
& company responses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/Blacksmith2007

* US court allows lawsuit brought against CACI by Iraqi torture victims
to proceed; dismisses suit against Titan
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/897142

* US legislators grill Yahoo! over cooperation with Chinese Govt. in
prosecution of dissidents
- Yahoo! CEO apologises to dissidents' families, company reaffirms its
commitment to human rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/952084

* Business for Social Responsibility evaluates Anglo American's
"Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox"
- Finds it "best practice", makes recommendations for further
improvements
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/687896

* Mozambique: Labour Ministry suspends operations at Golden Fields
roses over serious workers' rights abuses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/761561

* Gap plans certification system to mark its products "sweatshop free"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/418632

* So. Africa: Mineworkers' union plans industry-wide strike over
safety, following spate of mine deaths
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/638476

* UN Human Rights Council decides to appoint Special Rapporteur on
contemporary forms of slavery - call for candidates
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163

* Español: Corte de EE.UU. otorga $3,3 millones de dólares a 6
trabajadores nicaragüenses de Dole por haber quedado estériles tras usar
pesticida fabricado por Dow y Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/947002

* Español: Paraguay: Documental habla de "devastadores" consecuencias
sobre comunidades campesinas de la soja genéticamente modificada
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/378952

* Español: México: Banorte duplicará las donaciones para damnificados
por las inundaciones en Tabasco
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/829380

* Español: Bolivia: 26 conflictos mineros con comunidades indígenas,
parte de ellos derivaron en violencia
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/401335

* Español: Inditex y Federación Internacional de Trabajadores del
Textil acuerdan "velar por el cumplimiento" de estándares laborales
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/505813

* Español: Consejo de Derechos Humanos decide nombrar un Relator
Especial sobre formas contemporáneas de esclavitud - nominación de candidatos
abierta
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163

* Français : La justice américaine accorde $3,3 millions à 6 employés
nicaraguéens qui se disent rendus stériles par des pesticides utilisés
par Dole et produits par Dow et Amvac
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/817387

* Français : Cambodge : Des villageois protestent contre
l'appropriation de leur terre par la compagnie Peam Chaing, aidée par la police
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/344191

* Français : Processus de Kimberley sur les diamants de guerre - Bilan
des progrès durant 2007
- Rapport du Partenariat Afrique Canada & de Global Witness sur les
échappatoires dans le système
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/940992

* Français : ONU, Google, Cisco lancent un site web pour suivre les
avancées des Objectifsbjectifs du millénaire pour le développement
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/801663

* Français : Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU nomme un Rapporteur
spécial sur les formes contemporaines d'esclavage - appel pour des
candidats
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/403163