The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (GPs) were introduced in 2011 and endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council. They state explicitly that the responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights applies to all enterprises regardless of their size, sector, operational context, ownership and structure. However, the GPs rely on self-policing by business.
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This report offers an in-depth critique of company complaints mechanisms as practised by two extractive industry companies Acacia Mining (formerly African Barrick Gold, ABG) operating in Tanzania and Glencore’s subsidiary, the Kamoto Copper Corporation (KCC), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A second human rights field assessment at Barrick Gold’s Tanzania subsidiary, Acacia Mining (formerly African Barrick Gold), calls into question commitments made by the company to stop excessive use of force by mine security and police guarding the mine. Interviews conducted by MiningWatch Canada and the British NGO Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) also
The OECD’s Due Diligence Guidance is supported by iTSCi, which was developed as a means of enabling upstream companies to comply.
A joint NGO report by RAID, Bread for All and Fastenopfer accuses the Anglo-Swiss mining company Glencore of serious human rights abuses in Katanga Province, DRC. The local water supply is contaminated by industrial effluent; impoverished communities have been devastated by road closures and lack of access to drinking water; and the militarised policing of mining sites has led to injuries and fatalities.
A robust critique of project-level grievance mechanisms, prepared by RAID and MiningWatch Canada for the UN Business and Human Rights Forum, 2014.
The UK security contractor G4S has been accused of failing to meet international standards and committing serious human rights violations in relation to the treatment of asylum seekers detained at an off-shore processing centre in Papua New Guinea, operated on behalf of the Australian Government.
Complaint against the UK security company G4S regarding allegations of human rights violations at the Manus Island processing centre for asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea
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.