Business & human rights: Weekly Update - January 23, 2008

From the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: 
Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 23 January
 2008

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=2008/01/23

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

* Fujian, China: Local govt. halts & may relocate Tenglong Aromatic PX
 paraxylene plant following protest over health impacts - locals hail
 decision as "milestone"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/688217

* China: Intl. Trade Union Confederation starts dialogue for first time
 with All China Federation of Trade Unions
- Decision provokes mixed reactions
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/712250

* Chevron commits $30 million to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB &
 Malaria - becomes fund's first "corporate champion"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/938000

* Abu Dhabi: Officials from over 20 countries meet to discuss treatment
 of Asian migrant workers
- Human Rights Watch says govts. should address widespread abuses
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/375937

* India: New faith-based Dow Jones Dharma Index includes screening on
 environment, labour, human rights
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/814291

* Colombia: US congressman Delahunt, chair of House Intl. Relations
 Committee, concerned by extent of payments by US companies to
 paramilitaries - will conduct further investigation
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/186738

* Intl. Bridges to Justice calls on business leaders at Davos to
 support rule of law, to help combat torture, arbitrary detention, denial of
 fair trial
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/281502

* Sierra Leone: Diamond Development Initiative is developing standards
 regarding artisanal miners - to help meet poverty & development
 objectives
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/343463

* Google announces $25 million for groups addressing climate change,
 pandemics, economic development
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/503940

* Uzbekistan: 140 Uzbek rights advocates denounce forced child labour
 in cotton fields
- Some companies cease sourcing, including H&M, Krenholm, Marimekko,
 Marks & Spencer, Tesco
- Intl. Cotton Advisory Committee says allegations are "exaggerated" &
 "absurd"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/391245

* Economist special report on corporate responsibility: "done well,
 it's just good business" (refers to John Ruggie, UN Global Compact,
 several companies)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/915593

* Conference on private military & security contractors and human
 rights in the Americas, Univ. of Wisconsin, 31 Jan - 2 Feb
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/571786

* Español: Colombia: Congresista de EE.UU. Delahunt "preocupado" por
 pagos de empresas estadounidenses a paramilitares - promete ahondar en
 sus investigaciones
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/390850

* Español: Uruguay: Autoridades emprenden acciones contra fábrica de
 alfombras Rualer por deficientes medidas de seguridad laboral
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/163120

* Español: Jorge Daniel Taillant, director de CEDHA, dice que un
 análisis de "costo-beneficio" al referirse a empresas y derechos humanos es
 "absolutamente perverso y peligroso"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/610896

* Español: Argentina: Estudios sobre rentabilidad y responsabilidad
 social empresarial - incluye ejemplo de buenas prácticas de Grupo SESA
 Select
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/732112

* Français : Chevron - première entreprise à investir dans le Fonds
 mondial contre le sida, la tuberculose & le paludisme - y commet $30
 million
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/163205

* Français : Nigéria : Le torchage du gaz inutile demeure non-maîtrisé
 - NNPC annonce une nouvelle date limite de décembre 2008
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/392719