Partner resource
Access to justice
Comment
Cobalt mining, child labour and corporate accountability
In this blog, Joseph Maggs explores the landmark case filed against five tech giants in December 2019 - and the "accountability gap" that leads to companies getting away with child labour in their supply chains.
Partner resource
Action4Justice: Business and Human Rights Guides
Holding Businesses to Account on Human Rights Abuses
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Mixed messages from Supreme Court on parent company liability
This week the UK Supreme Court gave its decisions on Nigerian and Kenyan communities’ requests to appeal in their claims against Shell and Unilever.
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Victory over Vedanta
In a historic ruling, the UK Supreme Court has allowed 1,826 Zambian villagers to continue to pursue their case (Lungowe v. Vedanta) against UK-based mining giant Vedanta in the UK courts. This blog, by CORE's Policy and Communications Officer, Louise Eldridge, explores the implications of the ruling. It was originally posted by Africa is a Country.
49 global CSOs call for justice for Nigerian villages devastated by Shell oil spill
CORE Coalition and 48 other civil society organisations from around the world are calling on the UK Supreme Court to allow two Nigerian fishing communities to appeal against a ruling that oil giant Shell cannot be held responsible for pipeline spills that devastated their land and livelihoods.
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Submission to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on behalf of Okpabi vs Shell
Analysis
Access to Legal Remedies for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuses in Third Countries
Claire Bright, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) write about the obstacles to justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses, and how they might be overcome.
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What does 2019 hold for corporate accountability?
50 people from NGOs, academia and law firms gathered at The Foundry in London on Wednesday 13th February for CORE’s annual partners' meeting. Below is a brief summary of the very wide-ranging expert presentations given on the day.