Killings at a British-owned gold mine in east Africa have alarmed a group of MPs, lawyers and human rights campaigners, who have called on the British government to intervene.
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Voici les notifications de presse en français. Les rapports de RAID publièe en français.
RAID’s report Zambia: Deregulation and the denial of human rights (2000) was the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights implications of the privatisation of Zambia’s state-owned copper mining and refining industry. As a result of RAID and others’ work, investment agreements have been modified, the royalties payable by mining companies have been raised, and arrangements have been made to ensure that the state shares in the rewards when the price of copper increases.
Pollution from leaded fuel in developing countries
Killing, rape, forced eviction and environmental destruction in Papua New Guinea
In a report published on 29 April 2014, Och-Ziff, Mugabe’s “Bagmen” and the underpricing of African assets, RAID calls on the US authorities to investigate a number of questionable transactions in Africa by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (‘Och-Ziff’), a $41 billion US hedge fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Report
Environmental devastation at a protected site in Mongolia
In 2011 RAID raised concerns about possible breaches of listing regulations on London’s junior stock exchange, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). An in-depth report unearthed the inadequate regulation of companies by the London Stock Exchange, and the blind eye turned to corporate abuses.
Torture, summary execution and other human rights abuses in Kilwa, DRC
This is the only corporate responsibility instrument to have been adopted by all 34 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD).