Legislating corporate accountability for human rights abuse
Combating Modern Slavery through Legislation and Provisions: The Cases of the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada To what extent do national legislations increase transparency and resilience within...
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A false forest in Uganda
How a project claiming sustainable development and climate change mitigation brought human rights abuse and environmental destruction. What connects Ugandan farmers, a Norwegian company, Sweden and...
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The Accountability of Development Funders in the Persecution of Human Rights...
On October 11th Arnulfo Cerón Soriano disappeared after leaving his home in La Montaña, Guerrero, Mexico. A lawyer and human rights defender of Naua descent, he had been actively involved in community...
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Le trafic de faux médicaments en Afrique : quelles solutions pour un drame...
Le trafic de faux médicaments sur le continent africain : état des lieux d’un trafic très lucratif et peu sanctionné Aujourd’hui, une femme souffrant de diabète à Cotonou, au Bénin, doit se rendre sur...
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The Tragedy of Women’s Reproductive Health Care in Latin America
In 2012, the death of a sixteen year old girl in the Dominican Republic caught the attention of human rights activists globally. She died because doctors refused to treat her leukemia on the grounds...
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A conversation about human rights issues in Iran, Canada’s position, and...
Canada stopped its diplomatic relations with Iran in 2012 because of the regime’s continuous human rights abuse, non-compliance with UN Security Council resolutions regarding its nuclear program and...
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The Gildan Case – Improvements in corporate social responsibility, if...
In the early 2000s, several NGO reports drew attention to harsh working conditions at a factory in Honduras producing for Gildan, the Montreal-based company. This article will explore the important...
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China’s responsibility for the slow, deadly response at the outbreak of the...
The timeline of response by authorities shows a significant lag as the disease builds momentum. Source: China News Agency video A daily influx of disinformation combined with extraordinary stories...
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The Bangladesh garment industry – A human rights crisis worsened by COVID-19.
Factory workers in Bangladesh are among the most harmed by the economic repercussions of the pandemic. Millions of workers have been sent home without enough pay to provide for their families. Ten...
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Heineken in Africa – two sides of the story
Heineken in Africa book cover Last year, Olivier Van Beemen published Heineken in Africa, a multinational unleashed, the result of six years of investigation of the famous Dutch brewer’s practices in...
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Child labour in mica mining
On a typical day in Jharkhand, a province in the northeast of India, a family joins most of the people of their village sets off to an old mine site, while in the arid south of Madagascar, a young...
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Billions of dollars in contracts – what are the safeguards?
Human rights and environmental protection – are they adequately ensured when the World Bank does its buying? This article explores the intersection of the World Bank’s procurement standards and its...
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Sexism and Racism in the Tattoo Industry
The Tattoo Industry is Having its Own #MeToo Movement Stickers provided for supporters of TSASS. Source: @tsass_uk “Everyone else was turning a blind eye to this. If no one is going to do anything...
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Global Challenges Facing the LGBTQ+ Community
The global LGBTQ+ community faces many complex and evolving challenges. While from an outside perspective it may seem as though the fight for equality has been won, there is still a long way to go. To...
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The challenges to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...
Ten years have passed since UN Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). Corporate social responsibility has become a mainstream view that serves as a...
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A million Uyghur people imprisoned. Why?
More than one million Muslim Uyghurs are in Chinese internment camps. Why? What has been happening, and what will be the outcomes? I discussed the situation with three experts: Darren Byler is a...
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Corporate due diligence in human rights – the new EU rules
Following reports of abuse, from sexual assault on Inuit women on mining sites in Canada to forced labour of Uighurs in China for the benefit of European companies to the massive pollution of the Niger...
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In the first in a series called Pathways to Peace, we hear from people who have been deeply engaged in working for peace in its various aspects. In this episode, our guest is Marie Dennis, who has...
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China’s responsibility for the slow, deadly response at the outbreak of the...
The timeline of response by authorities shows a significant lag as the disease builds momentum. Source: China News Agency video A daily influx of disinformation combined with extraordinary stories...
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Forced labour in the fishing industry
In the global fishing industry illegal practices have increased, including the slavery of fishers. How can this phenomenon be explained? How can fishers be protected? To find out, I spoke with Elise...
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