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ECCJ & ICAR Release Assessments of Current National Action Plans on Business & Human Rights
1 December 2014, by
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) and ECCJ have conducted structured assessments of current National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights. To date, only four countries — the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Finland — have released NAPs on business and human rights. At the same time, a number of other governments have begun the process of developing such NAPs or have publicly announced an intention to do so. As such, it is essential that the four existing NAPs be closely analyzed in terms of their content and processes in order to assess (...)
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Access to Remedy for Corporate Abuse: a Call for Political Action
27 November 2014, by
On the 12th of November 2014, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) organised together with the public interest law firm Frank Bold the conference The EU’s Business? Ensuring Remedy for Corporate Human Rights Abuses, hosted by Richard Howitt MEP. Over a hundred of participants from the European Parliament, the European Commission, Permanent Representations as well as Civil Society organisations and academics attended the event.
When communities and workers suffer harm because of the activities of European companies, they should be able to access to remedies in Europe if they (...)
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Speech by Richard Howitt MEP to the conference on Access to Justice - Ensuring remedy for corporate human rights abuses
12 November 2014, by
Over the last 20 years, a law firm based in my own country, the United Kingdom, has secured settlements for claimants in judicial cases linked to multinational companies concerning torture in Peru, mercury poisoning in South Africa, and environmental damage in Colombia.
Across Europe and the world, the legal community has sought to use the courts to seek justice for other such victims, including Sherpa in France and the organisation behind today’s conference, Frank Bold in the Czech Republic.
And cases have been accepted across several jurisdictions including for victims of oil pollution (...)
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Press release - Over half of European Companies Listed on CAC 40, DAX 30 and FTSE 100 Associated with Human Rights Harm
21 October 2014, by
Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Tuesday 21st October – In the last ten years, almost half of the companies listed on Europe’s three main stock exchanges have been identified in concerns or allegations about human rights-related harms, according to new research launched today by the Brussels-based NGO network, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice.
Allegations include:
Claims that European banks financed projects which contributed to large-scale deforestation in Indonesia;
Claims that aggressive buying practices contributed to serious health and safety breaches in Bangladeshi (...)
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