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Vedanta appeal adjourned
An appeal against the ruling preventing Vedanta from mining in the Niyamgiri Hills has been adjourned
India’s Supreme Court has not yet set a new date for the hearing. The Dongria Kondh tribe and supporters, campaigning against mining on their sacred mountain, held their own ‘public hearing’ in Orissa state. “We are fighting for our own people, for our ancestral land, for Niyamgiri,” a spokesman explained.
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An appeal against the ruling preventing Vedanta from mining in the Niyamgiri Hills has been adjourned
India’s Supreme Court has not yet set a new date for the hearing. The Dongria Kondh tribe and supporters, campaigning against mining on their sacred mountain, held their own ‘public hearing’ in Orissa state. “We are fighting for our own people, for our ancestral land, for Niyamgiri,” a spokesman explained.
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UK curbs access to justice
The UK parliament has approved the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Experts fear that victims of corporate human rights abuses will be affected. “The Bill will give irresponsible multi-national corporations which choose to cut corners more power to violate with impunity the rights of poor and vulnerable communities in developing countries,” the Corporate Responsibility coalition CORE warns in a
recent briefing.
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The UK parliament has approved the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Experts fear that victims of corporate human rights abuses will be affected. “The Bill will give irresponsible multi-national corporations which choose to cut corners more power to violate with impunity the rights of poor and vulnerable communities in developing countries,” the Corporate Responsibility coalition CORE warns in a
recent briefing.
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From principles to practice
Uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights has been ‘extraordinary’, Ruggie says
Writing as chair of the Shift Project on its new website, Professor Ruggie warns that there may be divergent interpretations of the Guiding Principles, which could mean losing the convergence that has been achieved. “As ever more organizations work with the Guiding Principles … we need to preserve that clarity,” he says.
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Uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights has been ‘extraordinary’, Ruggie says
Writing as chair of the Shift Project on its new website, Professor Ruggie warns that there may be divergent interpretations of the Guiding Principles, which could mean losing the convergence that has been achieved. “As ever more organizations work with the Guiding Principles … we need to preserve that clarity,” he says.
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