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As the international outcry grows over the Chinese government’s arbitrary detention, forced labor and other egregious abuses against Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, 12 Japanese companies recently told Kyodo News that they would “cease or consider ceasing business with business partners found to be using forced labor.”
Impunity for killings of human rights defenders remains a key driver for more murders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders tells Human Rights Council
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Concludes Interactive Dialogues with Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Special Rapporteur on Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism
The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. It also concluded its interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism.
Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that in 2019, at least 281 human rights defenders, including 38 women human rights defenders, had been killed in 35 countries, and unless radical action was taken the killings would continue. Impunity for killings remained a key driver
Revisiting the role of business in contexts of conflict and post-conflict: the case of Colombia Mina de carbón El Cerrejón, Guajira, Colombia
Colombiaâs longstanding internal conflict is currently affecting the lives of thousands of people, despite the 2016 Peace Accords. As the complex situation between civil, state and criminal actors continues, the country is one of two in Latin America â along with Argentina â to participate in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Both countries have also stated their commitment to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). But the ongoing conflict in Colombia is an issue of grave concern for human rights and business.