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JCHR Report on Business & Human Rights

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There is much about the Joint Committee on Human Right’s report on Business and Human Rights to commend. Building on 27 witness accounts and 53 written submissions, the Committee lists a set of bold and progressive recommendations, which include reforming an outdated corporate liability regime that’s proven ineffective at deterring malpractice and upholding human rights standards in UK business operations.

May 15th, 2017 | by Corporate Justice Coalition

Access to justice Brexit JCHR

Unfinished business – legislating to tackle economic crime

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In the flurry of activity following the announcement of the 2017 general election, several bills were rushed through before the end of the parliamentary session. One of these was the Criminal Finances Bill, which meant that debates on its contents had to be curtailed.

May 11th, 2017 | by Corporate Justice Coalition

Corporate crime corruption

Brexit: what now?

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A recent Workshop on Brexit Strategies for British & European Civil Society Organisations, organised by University of Exeter Business School in collaboration with CORE Coalition and the European Coalition for Corporate Justice has shed light into the potential implications of Brexit for the non-profit sector.

April 25th, 2017 | by Marilyn Croser

Brexit EU and Brexit

Shell's corruption scandal starves Nigeria of its potential

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Following news last week that it has delayed the clean-up of oil spills in the Niger Delta, multinational giant Shell is now embroiled in what campaigners are calling one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the oil sector.

April 11th, 2017 | by Ayesha Carmouche

Corporate crime corporate scandals corruption

Update on Lords debate of Criminal Finances Bill

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Corporate criminal liability reform and a proposed new offence of ‘failure to prevent economic crime’ were debated in the House of Lords yesterday (3 April), during the Criminal Finances Bill second Committee day. You can read the Hansard here.

April 5th, 2017 | by Ayesha Carmouche

banks Corporate crime corporate prosecutions

UK Parliament’s Human Rights Committee calls for new laws to stop company human rights abuse

Press releases

CORE welcomes call from Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights for laws to prevent child labour and other abuses linked to British companies.

April 5th, 2017 | by Corporate Justice Coalition

Corporate crime: where are we now?

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It’s day two of Committee Stage in the House of Lords. This involves detailed line by line examination of the separate parts of the bill. As a reminder, the bill will create a new corporate offence of ‘failure to prevent tax evasion’, extending the ‘failure to prevent’ model in the UK Bribery Act 2010 to corporate tax evasion, although there is some question over what, if any, differences there are between ‘adequate procedures’ as specified by the Bribery Act and ‘reasonable procedures’ as specified in the new failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion offence.

April 3rd, 2017 | by Ayesha Carmouche

Corporate crime corporate prosecutions Libor

Tesco’s fine for false accounting throws up many questions

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Supermarket chain Tesco escapes prosecution and pays a £129m fine and £85m in compensation to shareholders over 2014’s accounting scandal.

March 28th, 2017 | by Ayesha Carmouche

Corporate crime corporate prosecutions corporate scandals

Mapping Human Rights Risks for 2017

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Global risk analyst Verisk Maplecroft has published its annual Human Rights Outlook report, outlining ten human rights risks impacting business in 2017. Verisk notes that modern slavery risks are set to increase as the United States toughens its immigration policy, pushing countless undocumented migrants further underground and exposing them to greater exploitation.

March 20th, 2017 | by Ayesha Carmouche

banks land grabs Modern slavery and labour rights