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Explore the big challenges, opportunities, debates and frameworks for business and human rights. This section contains a selection of key portals curated by our global team.
Residents of the Jequitinhonha Valley say that the arrival of the Sigma Lithium mining company has brought new conflicts and ...
With Japan, South Korea and Taiwan being home to some of the world's largest and most influential corporations, these ...
For instance, The Nation published an article alleging that Palantir has been supplying the Israeli military with advanced ...
The OHCHR warns that the Omnibus Proposal risks undermining the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by ...
Explore the big challenges, opportunities, debates and frameworks for business and human rights. This section contains a selection of key portals curated by our global team.
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world, facing significant threats due to climate change. Cambodia is one of the countries most at risk from climate change. The ...
Unregulated gold mining in eastern Shan State raises concerns about the risk of cyanide contamination in key transboundary rivers near the Thai–Myanmar border, including the Mekong. In 2007, the first ...
Pheello Seafo says he was beaten up by police last year because he was fishing in the Katse Dam in Lesotho’s Highlands. Seafo, a fisher from Likheleng village in the Ha Lejone area, says a vehicle ...
In February 2025, it was reported that all workers at The Dress and Ideas factory in Bangladesh (over 400 workers), were laid off after the factory shut, reportedly due to a lack of work. In April ...
The Indonesian government is assessing the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on domestic labour-intensive industries, particularly textiles and shrimp processing. Mari Elka Pangestu, vice chair of ...