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Pak's Human Rights Commission Raise Alarm Over Declining Democratic Standards
01 Jul 2025 06:48 GMT
… ) Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) highlighted … report on the state of human rights in 2024 in Pakistan.
The … risks faced by workers in extractive industries.
“A spate of kidnappings saw …
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The US-Ukraine mineral resources agreement as a signpost in Eurasia’s emerging resource realignment
03 Jul 2025 15:34 GMT
… dominance in the region’s extractive industries. The UK, for example, has … , and minerals while also emphasising human rights and governance benchmarks. The package …
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Legal Pluralism in Practice: Colombia’s New Framework for Indigenous Territorial Self-Government
03 Jul 2025 10:09 GMT
… accordance with internationally recognised human rights standards. These provisions reflect … which links environmental harm to human rights violations.
Still, tensions … from institutions and corporations. Extractive industries remain central to Colombia …
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Protecting Human Rights Defenders in 2025: A Global Accountability Cr...
24 May 2025 20:59 GMT
… environmental justice, and human rights.
Despite international commitments … numerous sectors, from extractive industries to real estate, … these formidable risks, human rights defenders remain remarkably … and parliaments.
Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs), in …
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Civil Society, Government, and Oil & Gas Industry Commit to Enhanced Collaboration on Business and Human Rights
24 May 2025 05:19 GMT
… business and human rights in Uganda’s extractive industry. This … in resource extraction, human rights, environmental sustainability, and … a multi-stakeholder Human Rights and Extractives Forum, … licensees to operationalise human rights due diligence frameworks. …
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The UK must fight human rights and environmental abuses in its supply chains
20 May 2025 20:53 GMT
… binding legislation on human rights and environmental due … devastation and severe human rights violations. Those protesting … extractive industries with links to UK businesses. The Business and Human Rights … with integrity, respect human rights and preserve the …
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Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region: An intersectional approach to dismantling green colonialism
02 Jul 2025 14:19 GMT
… , addressing root causes and centering human rights, ecological renewal, and people’s … exploitation. Multinational corporations, agribusinesses, and extractive industries also perpetuate these harms. But …
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Liberia’s Iron Ore Paradox: Billions Invested, Billions Lost?
02 Jul 2025 09:55 GMT
… strengthening mechanisms like the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) and establishing robust beneficial … for corporate social responsibility and human rights accountability.10
These policy recommendations …
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Rural Human Rights Defenders Face Serious and Growing Risks, UN Report Reveals
07 Apr 2025 16:09 GMT
… community organizers and activists challenging extractive industries, pollution and other forms … made businesses conduct mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. … comes to women human rights defenders or LGBTI human rights defenders, they are …
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Amazon Crime Crisis: U.N. Backs Indigenous Demands
01 Jul 2025 22:28 GMT
… support Indigenous territorial governance, protect human rights defenders, and ensure Indigenous … safety of Indigenous leaders and human rights defenders,
end impunity and … . As criminal networks and extractive industries intensify their assault on the …