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CJC and partners call for legal consequences for companies involved in human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

Press releases

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide: The latest report from Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, lays bare the critical role that corporate actors have played in human rights violations, international crimes and environmental destruction in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Today, the Corporate Justice Coalition,...

August 27th, 2025 August 27th, 2025 | by CJC Team

Rights matter in business: Growing support for corporate accountability laws in Northern Ireland

Update

“Good Business” matters to Northern Ireland and the UK’s Devolved Regions and Nations. In fact, of the MPs that have signed the Good Business Matters Pledge a great proportion come from Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. In fact, a full two thirds of sitting MPs from Northern Ireland have signalled their support for stronger laws to...

August 19th, 2025 | by CJC Team

6 key requirements to ensure that the Government’s Responsible Business Conduct Review leads to meaningful change.

Analysis

Press releases

The Corporate Justice Coalition welcomes the recent announcement that the UK Government is reviewing its approach to responsible business conduct – but warns that essential criteria must be met if it is to lead to action that will create meaningful outcomes for people and the planet. Click here to read the joint statement. As part...

August 5th, 2025 August 5th, 2025 | by CJC Team

CJC and partners call on UK to challenge US tariff threats

Press releases

On the 30th of July, CJC members and other corporate accountability campaigners wrote to the Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, urging the UK Government to speak out against Donald Trump’s escalating tariff threats, warning that they will deepen economic hardship in Global South countries. The US has issued letters to various countries, reiterating accusations of...

July 30th, 2025 | by CJC Team

CJC responds to new report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, welcoming calls for mHREDD and “failure to prevent”

Analysis

The Corporate Justice Coalition strongly welcomes the new report on Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains, by the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Published today (24 July 2025) the new report builds on recommendations first made in 2017, calling for the government to introduce mandatory human rights due diligence and a “failure to prevent” mechanism...

July 24th, 2025 | by CJC Team

Joint Statement on the Joint Human Rights Committee for Human Rights’ call for mHREDD

Press releases

The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), British Retail Consortium (BRC), Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC), and Trades Union Congress (TUC) have issued a joint statement in response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) report on Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains. The organisations strongly support the Committee’s recommendation that the UK Government introduce mandatory Human Rights and Environmental...

July 24th, 2025 July 24th, 2025 | by CJC Team

The picnic’s over: 145,000 signatures for stronger UK laws to hold companies accountable for harm to people and our planet.

Update

As friends and families across the country dug out their picnic blankets for National Picnic Week, the UK Coalition for Corporate Justice, joined by Labour MP Richard Burgon and Green MP Ellie Chowns, delivered a ‘hamper of harms’ to Number 10 and the Department for Business and Trade. With it they brought an urgent message...

June 19th, 2025 | by CJC Team

How can growth work for everyone? – CJC partners host parliamentary event

Update

The UK Government has committed to delivering a programme of change based on security, fairness and opportunity for all. This includes promises to ‘kickstart’ economic growth in a way that provides good jobs and better living standards, make the UK a clean energy superpower and build an NHS fit for the future. All these goals...

January 30th, 2025 | by CJC Team

Indigenous and environmental defenders call on the UK to protect their land and livelihoods

Update

In November, Peace Brigades International UK (PBI UK) and Forest Peoples Programme organised a pivotal week of advocacy in the UK. The initiative brought together a cross-regional group of human rights defenders, Indigenous and Afro-descendent leaders and community representatives from six countries—Indonesia, Colombia, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, and the Wampís Nation in Peru. These individuals are on...

December 20th, 2024 | by CJC Team