Business & human rights: Weekly Update - December 3, 2008

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* World AIDS Day: Steps companies are taking to address the crisis
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/WorldAIDSDay2008

* Indonesia: ILO study finds many companies discriminate against people with AIDS
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/303809

* Caritas calls for pharmaceutical firms to develop affordable AIDS drugs specifically for children
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/396320

* Aspen Institute report on HIV/AIDS teaching in business schools
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/803544

* Keith Slack of Oxfam America says companies should seek community consent, not just social license
- Article mentions Shell in Philippines - community consent efforts may have saved $72 million in avoided project delays
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/652166

* Reminder: Intl. Seminar on Business & Human Rights, Paris, 4-5 December
- Speakers include Irene Khan, Jody Kollapen, Mary Robinson, John Ruggie
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/157529

* Jury clears Chevron in trial in USA over alleged complicity with shootings in Nigeria - plaintiffs say they will appeal
- Analysis by Anthony Sebok, Cardozo Law School
- Summary profile of lawsuit by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/461423

* Ecuador: New proposal to protect rainforest, indigenous people from oil exploitation by selling carbon credits to companies
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/299581

* Health officials from 160 countries adopt guidelines limiting tobacco industry influence on govts.
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/911633

* Unilever divests from factory in Israeli settlement in West Bank
- Dutch NGOs including Oxfam Novib, Pax Christi, welcome move
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/963533

* Ecuador: Court environmental expert raises estimate of Chevron's potential liability by $11 billion
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/560930

* Español: Ecuador: Perito judicial eleva cálculo de daños en demanda ambiental y de salud contra Texaco/Chevron a 27.000 millones de dólares
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/284755

* Español: México: Proponen en el Congreso veda de productos chinos por razones humanitarias
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/338314

* Español: Ecuador: Nueva propuesta busca evitar explotación de petróleo y promover desarrollo social a través de certificados de carbono
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/440997

* Español: MTV Latinoamérica promueve campaña multimedia en observación al Día Mundial del Sida
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/757628

* Français : Chevron acquitté de complicité d'atteinte aux droits de l'homme au Nigeria
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/130669

* Français : Rappel : Séminaire International Entreprises et Droits de l'Homme, 4-5 décembre à Paris
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/572910

* Français : Journée de lutte contre le sida : groupes touristiques Accor, Air France, Club Med se mobilisent au Sénégal
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/233596

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