Business & human rights: Weekly Update -- July 2, 2008

From the Business & Human Rights Weekly UpdateWeekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 2 Jul 2008

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* National Labor Committee report accuses Toyota of labour abuses in own operations & supply chain
- Toyota responds
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/829786

* Amnesty & others pressure ONGC over role in Sudan - urge investors to engage
- ONGC responds
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/809902

* Tesco says it will stop trade with Zimbabwe, "cannot ignore the growing consensus that further action must be taken to maximise the pressure for change"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/500862

* Cocoa industry "fails to deliver" on child labour commitments targeted for 1 July 2008, says Intl. Labor Rights Forum
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/726528

* Presentation to UN human rights treaty bodies on UN Special Representative John Ruggie's 2008 report - background note
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/249587

* "Creating Value for All: Strategies for Doing Business with the Poor" - UNDP report with case studies on 50 companies
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/776153

* India: Gap works with govt. to address child labour and exploitation of women workers
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/380156

* So. Africa: Court rules in favour of AngloGold Ashanti in silicosis test case - plaintiffs may appeal
- Also included: Text of decision
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/898026

* UN Global Compact delists 630 companies for failure to communicate progress, in effort to enhance accountability
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/935631

* Asia Pacific Forum of natl. human rights institutions will consider private sector impacts at annual meeting - Kuala Lumpur, 28-31 July
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/148598

* UN conference delegates reject ban on booming toxic waste exports
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/520364

* China: IBM fined under new labour law for firing an employee with depression
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/747907

* China: Labour contract law grants workers additional rights, but improvements in migrant workers' actual working conditions may be limited
- "New Labour Contract Law: Myth and reality six months after implementation"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/283008

* Ireland: Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility calls on Shell to accept proposal to end dispute over alleged health & safety risks of Corrib gas pipeline
- Shell responds, saying it cannot accept proposal
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/641094

* New book will highlight 4 cases in which European firms including Botnia, Syngenta involved in alleged abuses in Latin America
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/973031

* US Social Investment Forum welcomes UN decision to extend John Ruggie's mandate
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/620433

* Español: México: Denuncian que compañía de agua Agbar "viola el derecho humano al agua" en Coahuila
- Respuesta de Grupo Agbar
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/586825

* Español: Argentina: Película sobre la toma de una fábrica por parte de los trabajadores "para frenar las muertes y los accidentes"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/724710

* Español: Perú: Club Universitario de Deportes le saca "tarjeta roja" al trabajo infantil
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/296235

* Español: Guatemala: Detienen a 15 personas luego de protestas contra empresa cementera por supuesta contaminación de agua
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/658617

* Français : Barclays mise en cause pour son soutien financier au gouvernement du Zimbabwe
- avec la réponse de Barclays
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/150054

* Français : Giesecke & Devrient annonce l'arrêt de ses ventes au Zimbabwe de papier pour l'impression de billets bancaires - Berlin avait demandé cette suspension à cause des conditions de droits de l'homme
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/579826

* Français : « Les entreprises face aux défis de la pauvreté : Des stratégies gagnantes » - rapport du PNUD avec cas d'études sur 50 entreprises
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/807623

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