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Transitions/Human Rights

All about the wider issues that come out of the sustainability transitions including human rights

Steven Bowen / Kristina Touzenis
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The right to a clean environment could have big consequences

The Lawyer who defeated Shell predicts an “avalanche” of climate cases

Kristina Touzenis / Steven Bowen
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The new German supply chain law is just the beginning

A combination of local (& regional) regulation, with an increased use of international human rights law, will create long term risks for companies.

Kristina Touzenis / Steven Bowen
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Kenya tea pickers go to court

There is an obligation on private entities operating in jurisdictions other than the one where they are domiciled to operate according to human rights and labour standards

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Responsibility for human rights can get complicated

Once a government has signed an international treaty and implemented it into national law, then all companies in that country (including their overseas subsidiaries) are also bound by the same obligations.

Kristina Touzenis / Steven Bowen
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Don't get left behind on human rights law

It's not just in Europe where human rights law is flexing its muscles - the US is getting into the act as well.

Kristina Touzenis / Steven Bowen
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Human rights doesn't respect country boundaries

In late July London’s Court of Appeal agreed to reopen a $7 billion lawsuit by 200,000 claimants against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP

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