🆕 Transition Minerals Tracker: 2024 update

Bauxite, cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel & zinc are in high demand for #renewable tech & #EVs . But their extraction and supply also comes with risks to human rights. Key findings 🧵1/
business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri… #JustTransition

Following news of the South West Water parasite investigation, Leigh Day partner Oliver Holland said: 'In the current water pollution crisis, we believe this latest incident is more evidence that only legal action will hold water companies to account.' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

ILAW Network presents its new report, Labour Rights and Technology: Mapping Strategic Opportunities for Workers and Trade Unions. Prepared by Barbora Černušáková, it attempts to identify some of the ways that workers and trade unions have used the law to fight against the abuses of labour

Join us at the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains next week for 2 sessions on human rights in transition mineral supply chains ⚡️

On 21 May we'll unpack new findings from the 5th edition of our Transition Minerals Tracker 1/ oecd-events.org/responsible-mi…
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Call for chapters: new book on #bizhumanrights litigation. Please refer to the attached call for chapters on the selected topics. Express your interest by 3 June. Contributions from non-academic experts are welcome. Please help to share Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Faculty of Law Business & Human Rights European Coalition for Corporate Justice

#Austria : OMV AG executives allegedly complicit in Sudan war crimes, criminal complaint says #BizHumanRights

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We documented 87 killings of #HRDs speaking out against corporate harm last year. We commemorate their lives, courage & vital work.

Most attacks – lethal & non-lethal – go uninvestigated & unpunished. Judicial harassment was the most commonly recorded type of attack in 2023 4/

Call for nominations to serve as legal experts for Intergovt. Working Group on UN legally #BindingTreaty #BizHumanRights (by 14 June)

UN Human Rights 🇺🇳

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#Belgium ’s National Commission on Employment Relations finds three #UberEats riders to be in an employment relationship. This follows a similar finding by a labour court ref #Deliveroo riders. The tide is turning.

#gigeconomy

US trial against Chiquita accused of financing Colombian paramilitaries that killed thousands begins after more than 10 years
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Now that the #CS3D has been approved in parliament, many companies are trying to understand what it means for their responsibility to respect human rights. Read Rachel Davis & Ruben Zandvliet’s answers to commonly asked questions about the #CSDDD here 👉shiftproject.org/resource/cs3d-…

In the last 24 hours, the European Parliament has approved the Forced Labour Ban Regulation, the #CSDDD and the #PlatformWork Directive.

An incredibly long journey to get here. Now on to the Council for the final nod.

#BizHumanRights #GigEconomy

France was the first country to enact a #duediligence law in 2017. How has the #loidevigilance been implemented these last 5 years? We are hosting a #conference with Wageningen Law investigating this topic from an int'l perspective Register now: ow.ly/Ep0050Ri564 #academictwitter

BREAKING: European Parliament approves #CSDDD 🎉

With final formal approval in EU Council ahead, this is another crucial step. Here’s why the directive is such an important milestone despite previous concessions... 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

More than 100 residents from quilombola communities in Brazil who filed proceedings against two UK registered mining companies have today filed details of their claim at the High Court in London. Richard Meeran and Jonny Buckley represent leighdaylaw.info/3xL85lE

📣The European Parliament just endorsed the #CSDDD ! A crucial step in protecting human rights & the environment and providing access to justice for corporate harm victims.
🚨As corporate lobby ramps up, we'll advocate for
ambitious transposition into national laws!

See our explainer👇

BP hit by legal action alleging that its excessive #gasflaring caused the death of young Iraqi, Ali Hussein Julood, from leukaemia. Ali grew up near Rumaila, one of the largest oil fields in the world where BP has extracted oil for over a decade.
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The Johannesburg High Court granted permission to appeal a ruling denying class action certification for 140,000 women and children in Kabwe, Zambia. Mbuyisa Moleele Attorneys represent and Richard Meeran and India Macleod act as consultants leighdaylaw.info/3W7yCDS

#USA : BNP Paribas must face lawsuit over alleged role in Sudanese genocide, judge rules #BizHumanRights business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…

#India ’s Supreme Court has expanded the scope of “right to life” to include “protection against adverse effects of #ClimateChange ” in a significant ruling.

Supreme Court says right to life and equality can’t be fully realized without clean environment.

independent.co.uk/climate-change…