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Press release - EU Corporate Reporting proposal not strong enough to improve company behaviour
16 April, by
Brussels, April 16, 2013 – A proposal released today by the European Commission to require large European companies to report on environmental and social issues will not guarantee ethical corporate behaviour according to the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ). [1]
The group, representing 250 organisations in 15 countries, has been saying for years that new rules to improve corporate transparency are needed. It says that whilst the proposal is a welcome initial step because it requires companies to be more transparent on the impacts of their activities, the current wording (...)
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The decision released by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Kiobel v. Shell case highlights the need for European states to take measures to protect human rights against business
19 April, by
On the 17th of April 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court released its final decision on the Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum case. The Court upheld the Second Circuit judgment which barred the action brought by Nigerian complainants on the ground of the ATCA - Alien Tort Claim Act.
Corporate accountability: when extraterritoriality is used as a sanctuary for impunity
The Dutch parent company Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary were both accused of aiding and abetting in crimes against humanity, acts of torture and arbitrary execution committed by the Nigerian army against rural populations (...)
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Launch of the project ’Access to Judicial Remedy’ Project
15 March, by , ,
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, European Coalition for Corporate Justice, and the Corporate Responsibility Coalition announce the launch of the Access to Judicial Remedy Project.
As corporations have gained increasing power and rights in the global marketplace, they have also been immunized from responsibilities and accountability. Nowhere is this more damaging than in the judicial system where threats to mechanisms that afford legal remedy to victims of corporate related human rights abuses have increased alarmingly.
This project seeks to build on existing work (...)
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ICAR interviews Professor Anita Ramasastry one of the author of the Human Right Due Diligence Project
13 February, by
A brief interview with Professor Anita Ramasatry, one of the authors of a report commissioned by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). The report was titled "Human Rights Due Diligence: the Role of States," and builds off of a set of global consultations with legal practitioners, academics and experts from around the world to examine how States are using their regulatory authority to mandate due diligence for human rights or areas akin to human rights, (...)
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