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Make It Your Business

Campaign
26 October 2021

Make It Your Business

Corporate Accountability Legislation in Ireland

The ICBHR is campaigning for new corporate accountability legislation to prevent abuses by making Irish-based companies accountable for a range of corporate human rights violations including forced labour, land grabs, attacks on human rights defenders, violence against women and denial of people's fundamental rights at work. The law would also allow victims to take companies to court in Ireland for damages

Rights 
#Environmental Rights#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights#Land Rights
Location 
#Global#Ireland
Blog Post
27 May 2021

Brazil: Impunity fuels the cycle of violence against land and environmental rights defenders in the state of Pará, Amazon region

By Michelle Foley - Interim Head of RAPP and Capacity Building

“Resisting is the best way to honour their lives. Let us not be shaken.”
- José Vargas Junior

Rights 
#Impunity / Justice
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Killing
Locations 
#Region: Americas #Brazil
Blog Post
Andrew Anderson's Blog
Crackdown on Russian Civil Society
8 September 2016

Meeting Putin’s Challenge: Practical Recommendations for Supporting Human Rights Defenders

By Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director

In light of unprecedented attacks on human rights defenders, Andrew Anderson of Front Line Defenders argues for increased direct support to human rights defenders working at the local and national levels, flexibility in funding, and a greater focus on core, multi-year support.

Originally posted in the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) Blog

Rights 
#Civil & Political Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Locations 
#Global
Resource
23 June 2016

Living Under Digital Surveillance: Human Rights Defender Perceptions and Experiences

Introduction

In November 2015, at the Eighth Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders, Front Line Defenders (FLD) asked human rights defenders (HRDs) from across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and the Middle East/North Africa to share experiences of living under digital surveillance and the perceived impact this has on their work and lives.

Violations 
#Surveillance
Location 
#Global
Take Action
15 April 2016

Take action for Cacique Babau

On 11 April 2016, human rights defender and Tupinambá indigenous leader Mr Rosivaldo Ferreira da Silva was placed under house arrest after being arbitrarily arrested on 7 April 2016 by the military police (polícia militar) in the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. This follows previous incidents of threats and intimidation against indigenous rights defenders in Brazil.

Rights 
#Environmental Rights
#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Violations 
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Brazil
HRD or Organization 
Cacique Babau

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