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To make a successful FOI request, take a big dollop of patience and a handful of top-class law students

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Marilyn Croser, CORE Coordinator Below is some background about our story in today’s Guardian on the way Shell and Rio Tinto successfully lobbied the UK government for support against human rights court cases in the U.S. The FCO documents were released to us at the end of February, for key quotes and analysis see this...

April 7th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

FOI request reveals UK government backed Shell and Rio Tinto in human rights court cases after companies lobbied for support

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Documents released to CORE reveal how the oil giant Shell and mining multinational Rio Tinto successfully lobbied for UK government backing against human rights court cases in the U.S., at the same time as the UK was preparing its Business and Human Rights Action Plan. Read the press release >>

April 6th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

UK government succeeds in weakening EU corporate transparency reform

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The UK and other governments have succeeded in watering down new European rules designed to boost corporate transparency. However, MEPs brought forward and defended some important improvements to the initial proposal, such as a requirement for companies to report on the most significant risks to people and planet posed by their suppliers. The reform will...

February 26th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

Corporate abuse victims sign away rights under UK company complaint process

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Tanzanian villagers using an internal company grievance process to raise complaints about UK mining firm African Barrick Gold (ABG) have been required to sign a confidential legal waiver, committing them to secrecy and barring them from taking part in any further actions against the company. Read the press release >>

January 30th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

CORE statement on EU non-financial reporting negotiations

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CORE and several member organisations have released this statement on the UK government’s position on the EU non-financial reporting proposal.

January 29th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

Justice denied for victims of corporate human rights abuse

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Victims of human rights abuses caused by multinational companies are unable to access justice, despite government commitments to action made over two years ago, according to a major new report released ahead of the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.

December 2nd, 2013 | by Marilyn Croser

Coming up: UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

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The 2nd UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights begins on 2 December in Geneva. The Forum brings together representatives from civil society, government and business to discuss key issues and work that has gone on over the past year to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Indigenous people’s rights...

November 25th, 2013 | by Marilyn Croser

Corporate transparency: latest on the European proposals

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Over the last few weeks, much of CORE’s advocacy work has focused on influencing the EU non-financial reporting reforms. All of the amendments that the European Coalition for Corporate Justice put forward to strengthen the proposal have been tabled by at least one political group, and some have the support of multiple groups. So even...

November 21st, 2013 | by Marilyn Croser

CORE’s freedom of information requests on Shell court case: FCO & BIS scrape the bottom of the barrel for excuses

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In February 2012, the UK government made an intervention in Kiobel -v- Shell, a US court case brought against Shell by a group of people from the Niger Delta. The case became notorious when Shell argued that corporations couldn’t be sued for violating international law. The UK government joined with the Dutch government to submit...

September 25th, 2013 | by Marilyn Croser