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)

  Other announcements  

a. Public consultations

 - Call for submissions: the relationship between private military and security companies and extractive industry companies from a human rights perspective in law and practice

b. Events, workshops and courses

- 2019 OECD Forum on Due Diligence Guidance in the Garment and Footwear Sector

c. New library resources

- UN expert issues new guiding principles on economic reforms and human rights

- Collective Protection of Human Rights Defenders

- Business and Human Rights: Current Issues

  International News  

• Investigating DR Congo's Illegal Gold Trade
• The Story Of How Women Are Subjected To Violence In Indian Factories

• Green Advocates, IDI Develop New Tools to Hold Oil Palm Farmers Accountable for Environmental and Human Rights Violations
• UK Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Corporate Rights Violations
• Texwinca Holdings Ltd
• Employees of a Unilever tea plantation in Kenya turn to the UK Supreme Court in search of justice
• Can Slave Labour Charges Against Canadian Company Be Heard in Court in Canada? Supreme Court of Canada Hears Arguments
• Displaced Villagers Urge Permanent Halt to Myitsone Hydropower Project
• A Wake Up Call for the Cambodian Textile Industry

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