We are pleased to send you the BCHR Newsletter. It is aimed at providing a host of insights into the work of the Network on Business, Conflict and Human Rights (BCHR Network) and its members.

The main purpose of this newsletter is to a) share information about the work of the network and its members, and b) to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination between the network members themselves and with other interested parties.

Our newsletter is now available in four languages:

BCHR Newsletter  (English / Français / Castellano / Català)

  Network Announcements:   

• Quick reminder: we are now only one month away from our next annual conference. Register NOW!
• The BCHR Network participated in the expert workshop 'Developing guidance on business and human rights in conflict and post conflicts zones', organized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.
• International Conference Private Military and Security Actors in “Moderns Wars”: Perspectives, Consequences and Strategies to ensure Human Security, Barcelona.

  Other announcements  

a. Public consultations and call for projects

• 4th Business and Human Rights Young Researchers Summit St. Gallen, Switzerland

b. Events, workshops and courses

• International Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility: Understanding Workers' Rights in the Context of Due Diligence
• SDGs and Initiatives for Sustainable Global Value Chains
• Business and Human Rights Workshop

c. New Library Resources

• Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin: Parent Company Liability for Extraterritorial Abuse
• Shiva Foundation Launches Online Toolkit for the Hotel Industry
• Questions to Help Companies Respect and Protect Human Rights in Occupied Territories
• Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Extractive Industries in Southern Africa

  International News  

• Indigenous Environmental Activist, Margarito Díaz González, Murdered in Nayarit, Mexico
• Minors; A Big Challenge to the Mining Industry in Busia
• Blood jades: The Dark Side of Myanmar's Trade with China
• Brazilian NGO and union request mediation at Brazilian NCP with major coffee sellers Starbucks, Nestlé, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, and others
• Colombia charges 13 former Chiquita executives over hundreds of murders
• Trump Suspended the 'Conflict Minerals' Provision of Dodd-Frank. That's Probably Good for Congo
• Attorney Steven Donziger Files Human Rights Petition Claiming U.S. Judiciary Failed to Protect Him From Vicious Chevron Retaliation Campaign

  Blogs and opinions  

• Article by Komala Ramachandra
• Article by Siddharth Kara

  Campaigns  

• Anti-Slapp Task Force: Protect the Protest

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