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Corporate transparency: latest on the European proposals

Update

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

Update

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

Action plan on human rights must go beyond business as usual

Press releases

A coalition of human rights and development NGOs, alongside unions, has given a cautious welcome to today’s launch of an official UK government Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by Vince Cable and William Hague. Read the press release >>

September 4th, 2013 | by Marilyn Croser

Government must extend extraterritoriality to curb corporate abuse

Press releases

Parliamentarians and NGOs have welcomed a report by a committee of MPs urging the government to do more to address human rights abuses resulting from the overseas activities of UK businesses. Read the press release >>

October 17th, 2012 | by Marilyn Croser

UK government intervenes to aid Shell in US court case over human rights abuses in Niger Delta

Press releases

The UK Government is facing a series of difficult questions after it surfaced that it has chosen to intervene on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell in a major US court case brought against the oil giant by Nigerian villagers. Read the press release >>

May 21st, 2012 | by Marilyn Croser