Fashion industry can't make itself green by using abusive carbon offsets❌ SOMO & KHRC investigation reveals widespread sexual harassment & abuse at carbon offset project in Kenya. gucci’s parent company Kering among the buyers. Read more👉 somo.nu/49pyST6

Top Legal Experts on Why Aid to Gaza Can't Be Conditioned on Hostage Release - in response to recent remarks by US Official Tom Dannenbaum Janina Dill Adil Haque Yousuf Syed Khan Michael Meier Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Jelena Pejic #HamasIsraelWar #GenevaConventions justsecurity.org/90196/top-expe…

A nation bound to lose almost half its landmass to the sea just decided that the course of action they wanted to vote for is “we are afraid of people that don’t look white enough”

📢BREAKING: UK High Court says 13,000 people can go to trial against Shell for pollution of Niger Delta📢 The case could mark the first time that a UK multinational will have been found to have breached the right to a clean environment🌊 Leigh Day International leighday.co.uk/news/news/2023…

Great to see this important piece by Dr Stephanie Triefus out in the 🌎. It opens a new angle in the bizhumanrights & ISDS debate, extremely crucial in the context of just transition debates and business responsibilities in the context of climate action. Congratulations Stephanie 👏

La Poste, France's postal service company, has been condemned for not respecting the Law on the Duty of Vigilance! It is the first time that a company is found at fault in a case brought under this French law. 🧵👇 x.com/fdsudptt/statu…

Check out the third episode of our Blog Series: Colonisation in, of and through Business and Human Rights Rights as Usual | human rights & business, we have two fantastic posts from Ekaterina Aristova and Kebene Wodajo and Rose Kimotho rightsasusual.com

'COP28 president is wrong – science clearly shows fossil fuels must go (and fast)' - by Prof. Steve Pye theconversation.com/cop28-presiden… #COP28 #COP28UAE #FossilFuelPhaseOut

This is very good news: Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement on the EUCSDD on corporate responsibility. Germany needs to rewrite its Supply Chain Law. consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

Between 2020 and 2023, 700+ European financial institutions have had relationships with 51 businesses actively involved in illegal Israeli settlements. With a genocide unfolding in the #OPT, this must end. Read our joint #DontBuyIntoOccupation report ⬇️ fidh.org/en/issues/busi…

Let’s dive into the 7th edition of the #BHR Summer School. Where? At #TempleUniversity Rome Campus, located in the historic building of Villa Caproni. When? From June 17 to 21, 2024. #BHRSummerSchool2024 #HRIC #bizhumanrights

Did you miss the deadline? 🐢 You can still enrol! Drop an email to [email protected] to join us in February for the course on the Law of Marine Environments and Resources! Wageningen Law

Ottima riflessione di Luigi Daniele su Gaza. Con una nota di apprezzamento per il manifesto che resta un faro nell'oscurità mediatica che l'Italia ha fatto calare su Gaza. Interrotta solo da occasionali flash di mistificazioni (e talvolta, apologia di reato).

The International Criminal Court should address environmental crimes! Read the argumentations in our article. 👇 nurembergacademy.org/news/detail/d1…

This is going straight among the negative examples of due diligence failure I give in my BHR classes, at least until Loro Piana takes concrete steps to exercise proper human rights due diligence. #CSDDD #bizhumanrights #duediligence

Do investment treaties promote good governance? Do they encourage government officials to act reasonably and proportionately, and to follow norms of due process? After years of empirical work, our answer is: No onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Zoe P. Williams 1/

Can corporations harm human rights & the environment in Outer Space? Can they appropriate space minerals? And how do we hold them accountable? My take from a business & human rights perspective. Happy to discuss! giappichelli-usa.com/regulation-of-… 🚀Pre-print: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

👀 Exciting news from the International and Comparative Law Quarterly Today they launch the ICLQ forum a special issue dedicated to a single theme. 👉 Find out more and reply to the call for papers. buff.ly/3x42Bmg

📝 Expert legal opinion by BIICL’s Irene Pietropaoli, on obligations of states and corporations to prevent genocide in Gaza. Recommendations: ⛔️ 3-way embargo on arms, fuel & tech for Israel’s military 💵 Economic sanctions, trade suspension ⚖️ Prosecution biicl.org/publications/o…

This morning the #BHRSummeeSchool2024 started in a very special location: #Campidoglio, in the heart of Rome. Marta Bordignon Angelica Bonfanti Chiara Macchi Marco Fasciglione