#France: Supreme Court upholds indictment of Vinci over alleged forced labour in #Qatar. #BizHumanRights #CorporateAccountability business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news… Sherpa

📢 An important announcement: after twelve years leading the Resource Centre to serve the movement, our Executive Director Phil Bloomer will be leaving the organisation in the autumn. Read more, direct from Phil: business-humanrights.org/en/blog/phil-b…

Come an join our team as a Corporate Legal Accountability Research Assistant. Closing date: 28 May 2025 business-humanrights.org/en/jobs/corpor… Business & Human Rights #BizHumanRights

🚨Next week! Human rights defender Francisco “Eco” Dangla III, Natali Segovia of Water Protector Legal Collective, Christen Dobson of BHRRC and Mary Beth Gallagher of Domini Impact Investments will explore the scale of attacks faced by human rights defenders over the past decade. 1/3

Interested in corporate legal accountability, human rights due diligence regulation & strategic litigation? Come and work with us as a Corporate Legal Accountability Research Assistant! Closing date: 28 May 2025 #bizHumanRights Business & Human Rights business-humanrights.org/en/jobs/corpor…

🆕 We've recorded over 6,400 attacks against people speaking out against corporate harm in the past 10 years - close to two attacks per day on average. Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.

#Brazil: Senate approves legislation easing environmental licensing rules despite criticism from environmental groups business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

📢 Publication alert! Check out our latest scholarly article by Oyeniyi Abe Oyeniyi Abe on "Towards a Human Rights-based Approach to Energy Transition in Africa." cambridge.org/core/journals/… #bizhumanrights #EnergyTransition 🙏 READ, SHARE & CITE!

🌏FORUM-ASIA and ISHR raise concern over the weakening of human rights protections in the latest draft of the Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) on Business and #HumanRights. The text dilutes state & corporate obligations, excluding civil society from participation.

As thematic consultations get underway this week on the #bindingtreaty on #bizhumanrights, The Descendants Project (Louisiana) Seven Sisters Collective The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) reflect on the need for a treaty that can protect public decision-making bodies from undue corporate influence➡️business-humanrights.org/en/blog/un-tre… 📷350 .org

#France: TotalEnergies on trial, facing allegations of #greenwashing by environmental groups #BizHumanRights Greenpeace France, Friends of the Earth, Notre Affaire à Tous, ClientEarth business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

A trial into Shell’s Niger Delta oil spills has concluded after hearing the oil giant failed to disclose key documents and failed to stop oil flowing for months. Leigh Day's Daniel Leader, Stephen Bilko and Alex Wessely represent the Bodo community. leighdaylaw.info/3HImG6F

#Canada: Berens River First Nation takes legal action, seeks damages over alleged negative impact of hydro project affecting ancestral lands business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news… #BizHumanRights

Our new analysis reveals a rising trend in lawsuits against companies for human rights abuses linked to renewable energy projects. Explore the cases since 2009: the key sectors, communities affected, abuses alleged, and companies involved➡️business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri…

🔥⚖️🌐final countdown to a historic moment for #ClimateJustice: in a few minutes, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights will deliver landmark authoritative judicial opinion on States' climate obligations #AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva 🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇

Get ready for the launch of #ThrivingCommunities!🌍 A new global messaging guide to shift the narrative on corporate accountability and uplift communities demanding justice.📢 📅Join the launch webinar: lnkd.in/dGQ4ay7J #BizHumanRights #DueDiligence #GICA

#Indonesia: District Court dismisses lawsuit filed by smoke haze victims against pulpwood plantation companies business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news… #BizHumanRights Greenpeace Southeast Asia

#ThrivingCommunities: CSOs release messaging guide calling for stronger corporate accountability laws across the globe business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news… #BizHumanRights #GICA Above Ground Partners in Change Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability RCRCE European Coalition for Corporate Justice The ACCA Human Rights Law Centre Corporate Justice Coalition PODER

🎉Still processing the historic Advisory Opinion from the CIJ_ICJ. Along with UN Special Procedures colleagues, we’ll soon share our analysis. #advisoryopinion For now, I just want to share that this moment evidences the end of an era and the start of a new one. 👇🏽

#Italy: Supreme Court allows climate change lawsuit against energy company ENI to proceed business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news… Greenpeace International