Business & human rights: Weekly Update - March 11, 2009

Weekly Update: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - 11 March 2009

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* Tanzania: Shootings by police at Barrick Gold’s North Mara mine in Dec & Jan leave 2 dead
- Barrick responds
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/602506

* Intl. Women's Day, 8 March: Reports & initiatives
- includes items on: Global gender pay gap (ITUC), Afghanistan, China, Mexico, UN Global Compact & UNIFEM event, impact of economic crisis on gender in the workplace (ILO), others
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Documents/IntlWomensDay2009

* Cadbury to source cocoa from fair trade suppliers
- Global Exchange, Intl. Labor Rights Forum welcome move, call on US firms to follow suit
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/129618

* Independent Newmont-commissioned review calls on Newmont to better manage community relationships
- CEO commits to implementing its recommendations
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/275701

* Inquiry by UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights: Call for evidence on business & human rights (deadline 1 May)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/361763

* Global Witness urges banks not to do business with dictators & corrupt govts.
- full report mentions banks including Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Santander
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/529099

* Aim for Human Rights develops guide to assist companies in selecting appropriate human rights impact assessment tools
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/575896

* Kazakhstan: "Money Thrown to the Wind" documentary says oil firms' social projects bring limited benefits
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/441112

* "Human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines: The sexual and reproductive health context", Paul Hunt and Rajat Khosla, Univ. of Essex
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/746960

* CSR Asia: Business needs to be part of any new approach to human rights abuses in Burma
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/730815

* QBE Insurance pulls out of Burma, following pressure by Burma Campaign UK
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/937670

* Burma: Indications that tightened US sanctions on gems are working
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/623871

* "Amsterdam Declaration": Global Reporting Initiative board calls on govts. to require greater corporate transparency on environmental, social, governance issues
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/700150

* Report on Business & Human Rights Intl. Seminar, Paris, 4 & 5 Dec 2008
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/950673

* Event: Panel on CSR & intl. law, launch of new book edited by Chip Pitts (19 Mar, McGill Univ., Montreal)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/365155

* Español: Ecuatorianos demandan en Canadá a Copper Mesa y la Bolsa de Toronto por violencia contra opositores de mina de cobre
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/713013

* Español: Chile: Ingenieros, ONGs y pueblos originarios rechazan ducto al mar de Celco-Arauco por impacto a la salud y al medio ambiente
- Celco dice que ducto no pasaría por zona urbana y desembocaría fuera de zona de protección
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/858699

* Español: México: "ISO 26000 y Derechos Laborales - Reflexiones y perspectivas desde las organizaciones sindicales y ciudadanas"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/101041

* Español: Argentina: Sindicato denuncia a empresas de seguridad por abusos laborales
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/688118

* Español: Perú: Documental sobre el acceso al agua supuestamente amenazado por Minera Majaz (video)
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/613231

* Español: España: 21 empresas son suspendidas del Pacto Mundial por no informar sobre responsabilidad social
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/950053

* Español: Firstar Europe dice que hija de vicepresidenta de Zimbabue intentó venderles oro congoleño y que lo rechazaron por razones "éticas"
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/612945

* Français : Cambodge : L’expulsion des habitants de Dey Krahom par 7NG condamnée par l’ONU & des ONGs des droits de l'homme
- Nous avons invité la compagnie à répondre - elle n’a pas répondu
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/401781

* Français : Nike impose des conditions à ses fournisseurs pour s'adresser à la possibilité du trafic de main-d’œuvre dans sa chaîne d'approvisionnement
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/183165

* Français : Poursuite en justice contre Copper Mesa et la bourse de Toronto au Canada pour avoir financé des présumés actes de violence en Equateur
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/760385

* Français : Le transport maritime explore des pistes pour réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/184632

* Français : Territoires occupés palestiniens : « Paradis » où les autorités israéliennes ne forcent pas les employeurs à respecter les normes environnementales et du travail
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/416305

* Français : France : Bilan des engagements des entreprises en matière d'égalité professionnelle homme/femme lors de la journée internationale des femmes
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/760385

* Français : Cameroun: Genesis Futuristic Technologies lance un projet de « télémédecine » pour les zones rurales mal desservies
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/139475

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