Human rights

Human rights
Analysis
20 March 2025 11:03 GMT

Where next for a business and human rights treaty?

Talks at the UN should run more smoothly now, but big questions about the scope of a global treaty are still open, says Sikho Luthango.

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Audio
5 February 2025 11:02 GMT

From mining transparency to justice and equity

Ketakandriana Rafitoson talks about the Publish What You Pay coalition’s new global strategy for the energy transition.

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Audio
19 November 2024 12:11 GMT

The United Nations, tax and human rights

Maria Ron Balsera of the Center for Economic and Social Rights talks Critical Takes through negotiations for a UN tax convention.

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Comment
12 November 2024 09:11 GMT

Land, sugar and corporate power

Kelvin Chirwa offers a close-up view of the power imbalance on the ground between small farmers and a multinational in Malawi.

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Analysis
29 October 2024 10:10 GMT

Unhealthy diets, outsized profits

Ultra-processed diets are a tell-tale sign that something’s deeply wrong with our food systems and our economies, says Benjamin Wood.

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Comment
13 August 2024 11:08 BST

Why corporate power is a feminist issue

A toxic mix of profit-making and patriarchy is enriching billionaires and harming women and marginalised people, says Sanyu Awori.

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Comment
24 April 2024 15:04 BST

Europe’s new due diligence law falls short

The EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is no substitute for an international treaty on business and human rights, says Andressa Oliveira Soares.

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