This submission has been submitted to the BEIS Committee on behalf of the members and endorsers of the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region, a coalition of over 280 Uyghur representative groups.
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is undertaking a new project to chart a course for a decade of action on business and human rights - read our submission to the call for inputs.
Our joint submission argues that existing law and policy to hold companies to account for human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
This submission focuses on the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LAPSO) Act on access to remedy in the context of international abuses of human rights by UK multinational corporations.
Our statement with 9 partner organisations responds to the Government’s response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation, published in September 2020
The Government's proposal is very welcome step, but excluding human rights impacts is both artificial and impractical given the inextricable links between these and much deforestation.
This submission to the Joint Commission on Human Rights focuses on the human rights risks arising from corporate activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
We urge the Bill committee to accept the vital Environment Bill amendment NC5, tabled by Kerry McCarthy MP: “Environmental and human rights due diligence: duty to publish draft legislation.
CORE’s submission to the consultation on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s ‘Reforming Regulation Initiative’ recommends that the UK government introduce a new corporate duty to prevent negative human rights and environmental impacts,
