The ‘Facebook Supreme Court’ and Private Human Rights Adjudication
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The Oversight Board is an independent ...
Business and Human Rights
Digital Disinformation in India: An Attack on Mental Autonomy
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Concern is ...
Born to Live, Not Born to Work: The Implications of New Proposed Labour Regulations in India
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The Indian government is currently considering ...
‘Social License to Operate’ as a Human Rights Safeguard Under Investment Law
The concept of social license to operate (SLO) refers to the informal agreement regarding the acceptability or ...
Contaminated Supply Chains and Clean Energy in China
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As China is a ...
Google’s Victory Against Lloyd in UK Supreme Court: The Need for Class Action Legislation
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On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court of the ...
Multinational Corporations Owe Responsibility Towards the Forced Labour of Uyghurs in China
US President Joe Biden recently signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act which will ban goods ...
Addressing the Gender Pay Gap Through Mandatory Reporting: A Comparison of British and Australian Legislation
Every country has a gender pay gap favouring men. This gap, which describes the difference in average wages ...
Milieudefensie v Shell: Holding Carbon Majors Accountable for Human Rights Violations
“It is clear that the global climate crisis will worsen, with devastating implications for human rights, unless ...
Xinjiang Cotton and Corporate Criminal Liability under Hong Kong’s National Security Law
In recent months, rights experts have voiced increasing concern over reports of widespread human rights abuses and ...
Saudi Arabia must protect financial rights of migrant workers
On 14 March, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, long known for the oppressive treatment of foreign workers, enacted a ...
Queensland Court to consider Australia’s first ‘climate change’ human rights case
As an increasing number of cases worldwide link climate change and human rights (for instance, see here), the ...
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