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FIDH submission on the annotated outline for future General Comment by the UN Committee on the rights of the child on the private sector
24 May, by
On 30 April 2012, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted comments to a public consultation by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding child rights and the business sector (...)
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"Business and Human Rights - Principles to Practice": The Danish Presidency hosts expert conference on Corporate Social Responsibility
22 May, by
Earlier this month the Danish government, currently serving as the Presidency of the EU, hosted a multi-stakeholder conference on the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). The conference, which took place in Copenhagen on 8-9 May, brought together European officials, businesses and civil society organisations, including the ECCJ (...)
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Launch of the Human Rights Due Diligence Project
21 May, by
In March 2012, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) launched the “Human Rights Due Diligence Project”.
Human rights due diligence is at the core of the international movement for corporate accountability and is generally understood as a concept whereby corporations should ensure that they are not directly or indirectly contributing to human rights violations throughout their operations. (...)
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"Eradicating child labour in our chocolate - The need for ambitious EU action": Documentary and Debate
10 May, by
10 May 2012: On Tuesday night in the European Parliament, the ECCJ joined a collection of representatives from Non-Governmental Organisations, Trade Unions, the EU and the cocoa industry to discuss EU action on child labour in the cocoa industry (...)
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