ICAR works to identify and promote robust frameworks for corporate accountability, strengthen current measures and defend existing laws, policies and legal precedents.
We believe that strong measures of corporate accountability are needed to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights. At the same time, we believe that a right to remedy is essential to this cause. As such, we endeavor to highlight particular cases where avenues for redress are threatened or closed off through holding panel discussions and issuing public statements indicating our common positioning.
17 April 2013
On April 17th, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (Shell) that Esther Kiobel may not proceed in her case against Shell for aiding and abetting in the torture and murder of her husband. TheRead More…
26 March 2013
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, European Coalition for Corporate Justice, and the Corporate Responsibility Coalition are proud to announce the launch of the Access to Judicial Remedy Project. As corporations have gained increasing power and rights in the global marketplace, they haveRead More…
15 October 2012
On October 4th, 2012, ICAR submitted the following statement to the US Government in response to a notice and comment period for the “Reporting Requirements on Responsible Investment in Burma”. For further information, please contact Amol Mehra at [email protected]. ICARRead More…
07 August 2012
ICAR released the following statement to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, and Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, commending these agencies for reaching out to a broad stakeholder group to discuss the implementationRead More…
23 July 2012
On July 23, 2012, ICAR released the following statement, generally supporting the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC) but specifically stating our concerns on key matters relevant to the Temporary Steering Committee (TSC). See the statementRead More…
