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UK civil society calls on the government to prioritise human rights in UN Treaty Negotiations

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Joint Statement on UK Engagement on a UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights 15 October, 2025: As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) embarks on the 11th negotiation session for a legally binding treaty on business and human rights, the undersigned 18 organisations call on the UK government to constructively engage in...

October 15th, 2025 October 15th, 2025 | by CJC Team

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

Corporate Justice Coalition Welcomes New Director Eleanor Rosenbach

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The Corporate Justice Coalition (CJC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Rosenbach as its new Director, effective from May 7th, 2024. In her role as Director, Eleanor will lead the CJC in its mission to create a world where corporate impunity for abuses of human rights and environmental harm is a thing of...

May 1st, 2024 | by CJC Team

Press release: Four in five UK adults support new laws to tackle environmental harm and human rights abuses in company supply chains

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LONDON | New research shows that four in five adults in the UK support new laws requiring companies to prevent serious environmental harm and human rights abuses in their operations or supply chains. The survey of 2,124 UK adults by the polling company YouGov, released today (17 April) by the Corporate Justice Coalition and Friends...

April 17th, 2024 April 17th, 2024 | by CJC Team

Press Release: YouGov poll shows 4 in 5 of the British public want law to prevent business human rights and environmental harm – businesses and investors agree

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(Polling results attached in full below) • According to a new YouGov poll, 87% of the British public support new laws to prevent businesses from exploiting people in their supply chains; 83% of the British public support new laws that would force companies to ensure their supply chains do no avoidable damage to the environment....

September 2nd, 2022 September 2nd, 2022 | by CJC Team

CORE and ICJ welcome landmark UK Supreme Court decision in Okpabi v Shell

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Nigerian claimants can pursue environmental devastation allegations against Shell in UK courts.

March 30th, 2021 | by CJC Team

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