Tag: Business and Human Rights
Time to end slavery on Thai fishing boats
Nick Grono says global funders and organisations must partner local groups to aid victims of trafficking, and put pressure on retailers and governments to enact change
Nick Grono
PUBLISHED : Monday, 15 June, 2015, 6:00am
UPDATED : Monday, 15 June, 2015, 6:00am
Aung is a farmer from Myanmar who ended up enslaved on...
TPP Will Help Workers In Vietnam Pursue Their Rights
Many members of Congress are asking if it is right to include Vietnam in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, given Vietnam’s record on human rights. I understand their wariness. But having spent the past year urging Vietnam to release prisoners of conscience and reform its laws, I believe we...
Malaysian jungle graves may stall trade pact with US
The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama's signature trade deal as US lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking.
Published: 5 June 2015 2:06 PM
Just as Obama's drive to win "fast-track" trade negotiating authority...
Rights experts voice concerns over BITs and FTAs
A group of United Nations experts has voiced concerns over the potential detrimental impact that free trade and investment agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may have on the enjoyment of human rights.
Geneva, 3 Jun (Kanaga Raja) -- A group...
US Senator: Don’t reward Malaysia with TPPA for its ‘shocking’ human trafficking record
US senator Robert Menendez wants his country’s House of Representatives to vote to block Malaysia from joining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/us-senator-dont-reward-malaysia-with-tppa-for-its-shocking-human-traffickin#sthash.nJ3hzuhC.dpuf
Tuesday June 2, 2015 | 11:00 AM GMT+8
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — US senator Robert Menendez wants his country’s House of Representatives...
Asia’s Businesses and Civil Society Explore Partnerships for Sustainable Development
On 27th-28th May, the Embassy of Sweden in Thailand convened more than 150 participants to explore the development of meaningful partnerships and relations between businesses, civil society and government. On the behalf of the Embassy, CSR Asia helped to organizethe regional workshop titled “Partners in Rights – Promoting Regional...
Are human rights being side-lined to make way for ASEAN economic integration?
From 24-27 April, Southeast Asian governments held the 26th ASEAN Summit, in Malaysia. The Summit is significant because by the end of 2015, ASEAN is aiming to turn the region of 10 countries and over 600 million people into a competitive single economic market, with free flow of goods,...
Cambodian Villagers Protest Loss of Land, Livelihood to Concessions
Hundreds of indigenous families in eastern Cambodia are facing difficulty securing food after losing their communally shared farmland to several companies as part of government-granted land concessions, villagers and a rights group said Tuesday.
RFA Wednesday 13th May, 2015
Hundreds of indigenous families in eastern Cambodia are facing difficulty securing food...
Philippines: Mining, Energy and Militarisation
This forum was about the state-of-affairs among the various peoples of Cordillera Central, a lengthy mountain range situated in the northern central part of the island of Luzon which encompasses the provinces of: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Cagayan, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Kalinga and the aptly but disconcertingly named Mountain Province.
09.05.2015...
Dogged by abuse allegations, Mitr Phol pulls out of Cambodia
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp has pulled out of its three plantations in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province after years of allegations about illegal business practices and human-rights abuses, a media report said Monday.
Published: 11/05/2015 at 06:40 PM
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp has pulled out of its three plantations in Cambodia’s Oddar...
