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:   

Annual conference 2018: the Call for Speakers is NOW open.

  Other announcements  

Events, workshops and courses:

• Business And Human Rights - What does it Mean for Companies and Civil Society Organisations?
• Coaching: Putting Principles into Practice: Securing Long Term Business Success Through Enhanced Social Sustainability in your Operations and Supply Chains
• Workshop on Integrity and Human Rights
• Business and Human Rights: Managing Risks, Pushing Innovation

New Library Resources:

• Dirty Profits 6 Report, Mining and Extractive Companies: Promises and Progress
• Access to Remedy Through Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Insights from cases in Myanmar and South Africa
• The "Dead Angle" of International Law: The Transnational Companies and their Supply Chains
• Extraterritoriality: Outstanding Aspects
• Developing Effective Grievance Mechanisms in the Banking Sector

  International News  

• Complaint before UN Due to Corruption and Violence by Pipeline Tuxpan-Tula
• Vancouver-Based Mining Company Granted Supreme Court Appeal In ‘Conscripted Labour’ Case
• Women Speak Out  About Abuse at Barrick Gold’s North Mara Mine in Tanzania. 
• European Parliament Adopts Far-Reaching Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous People Worldwide
• Thailand: Labor Abuses Persist in Fishing Fleets Reforms to Curtail Forced Labor Fall Short of Addressing EU Concerns
• Defending Land and Environmental Rights Has Become an Increasingly Deadly Endeavor

  Blogs and opinions  

• Article by Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple: Holding Companies Criminally Liable for Human Rights Abuses
• Article by John G. Ruggie and Emily K. Middleton: Money, Millennials and Human Rights: Sustaining 'Sustainable Investing'
• Article by Legal Design: Shell In Nigeria: The Case for New Legal Strategies for Corporate Accountability

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