Tag: Business and Human Rights
Jakarta court cancels world’s biggest water privatisation after 18-year failure
The Central Jakarta District Court on 24 March annulled the water privatisation contracts of Suez (PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya – Palyja) and Aetra, finding that the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) were negligent in fulfilling the human right to water for Jakarta’s residents.
The court decision is the culmination of many years...
Palm Oil: Issues of Climate Change and Human Rights Violations
We often use household products without ever thinking where they come from, how they are produced, and who produces them. We live in a comfortable world where we simply go to the grocery store and buy things we need without thinking twice about their production or how they landed...
Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar probing labour abuses, slavery in seafood industry reported by AP
Officials from three countries are travelling to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to investigate how thousands of foreign fishermen were abused and forced into catching seafood that could end up in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.
By: Robin McDowell And Margie Mason, The Associated Press
Posted: 04/2/2015 6:17 PM |...
New report shows IFC FI investments cause human rights abuses around the world
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has little accountability for billions of dollars’ worth of investments into banks, hedge funds and other financial intermediaries, resulting in proBretton Woods Projectjects that are causing human rights abuses around the world.
2 April 2015
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has little accountability for billions of...
Burma’s New Investment Law Fuels Human Rights Concerns
Burma’s new investment law fails to protect human rights or prevent environmental damage, New York based Human Rights Watch has warned.
April 1, 2015 • Author: Karen News
Jessica Evans, international financial institutions expert at HRW said the law , “will be a legal cornerstone of Burma’s efforts to reengage with...
Killing in the rice fields: how are companies protecting their workers?
Asia Pulp and Paper is facing tough questions after an Indonesian employee and known workers’ rights activist was found dead in Sumatra
Alison Moodie | Wednesday 1 April 2015 17.25 BST
In late February, a young Indonesian farmer named Indra Pelani showed up at a checkpoint manned by security guards for...
Indonesia: NGOs file complaint against Holcim to Swiss National Contact Point, allege land rights abuses – company responds
On 19 March 2015, a group on NGOs and other civil society organizations, on behalf of the Ringinrejo people of East Java, filed a complaint to the Swiss OECD National Contact Point against Holcim Indonesia (part of Holcim Group, a Swiss building materials and aggregates company).
On 19 March 2015,...
Locals fearful as Myanmar’s Dawei project nears green light
Ma Nu May and her husband started a small cashew farm near the coastal town of Dawei in southern Myanmar seven years ago, but life in the past two years has been far from peaceful.
New port zone could revitalise trade in Asean, but at a high cost
Published: 27/03/2015 at...
Burma: Address Rights Impact of New Investment Law
The new investment law will be a legal cornerstone of Burma’s efforts to reengage with the global economy and international investors, yet the government’s public consultations have been deeply inadequate. If not carefully crafted, the law could make it difficult for the government to pass regulations to protect human...
Your seafood might come from slaves
Here, in the Indonesian island village of Benjina and the surrounding waters, hundreds of trapped men represent one of the most desperate links criss-crossing between companies and countries in the seafood industry. This intricate web of connections separates the fish we eat from the men who catch it, and...
