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Human Rights Due Diligence: Human Rights Due Diligence Project: Concept Note
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability…
Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses: Anvil Mining Limited
In November of 2010, the Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI) filed a class action against Anvil Mining for its alleged involvement in…
Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. is the legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether corporations can…
Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses: The Alien Tort Statute, Corporate Liability for Human Rights Abuses and the Supreme Court
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (“ICAR”) is a coalition of leading human rights organizations working to identify and…
Defending the FCPA: Broad Coalition of 33 Civil Society and Socially Responsible Investment Leaders Call on Congress to Refrain from Introducing Legislation Amending FCPA
ICAR along with more than 30 civil society and business groups, including human rights and anticorruption organizations, sent a…
Conflict Minerals: ICAR Joint Letter to Chairman Schapiro Urging for Final Rule for Section 1502 (Conflict Minerals)
On December 22, 2011, ICAR along with a number of leading human rights organizations, submitted a letter to the…
Defending the FCPA: Anti-bribery legislation under attack in the US
by Katie Shay
In 1977, the United States took a powerful first step in curbing global corruption by passing the…
Conflict Minerals: ICAR and Global Witness Letter to the SEC – November 1st, 2011
Dear Chairman and Commissioners,
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (“ICAR”) and Global Witness submit this comment to address…
Conflict Minerals: Why Wait? Conflict Minerals Due Diligence
By Mark Taylor
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held consultations with industry and civil society last week on…
Human Rights Due Diligence: Defining Compliance: Why Recent Developments in Law and Policy Should Matter to the Corporate Accountability Movement
Guest remarks by Mark B. Taylor
Mark B. Taylor is a Senior Researcher at the Fafo Institute for Applied International…