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USA: Consumer advocacy organisation Public Citizen launches tracker of state legislation to protect minors from potential AI chatbot harms - Business and Human Rights Centre
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (110+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. 14 Apr 2026 Author: Public Citizen "Public Citizen Unveils New Tracker for State Legislation Regulating Chatbots, 14 April 2026 The tracker identifies legislative proposals introduced, passed, and enacted across states to protect minors…...
Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 42, Apr 2026 | Indonesia's nickel boom challenges green energy transition amid widely-documented environmental damage, labour and human rights risks, as well as biodiversity loss - Business and Human Rights Centre
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (130+ words) Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 42, Apr 2026 | Indonesia's nickel boom challenges green energy transition amid widely-documented environmental damage, labour and human rights risks, as well as biodiversity loss'Business and Human Rights Centre The content is also available in the following…...
Weekly Update 15 April | Lafarge and executives guilty of financing armed groups, French court rules - Business and Human Rights Centre
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (32+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. Truck PR, Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2. 0) READ THE FULL UPDATE JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOLLOW THE WEEKLY UPDATE ON LINKEDIN...
Spain: Over 1, 000 Latin American migrants recruited to Europe under false promises & subjected to abusive conditions in metallurgical industry - Business and Human Rights Centre
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (187+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. 14 Apr 2026 Author: By Jennifer Hicks, Blitz Date Reported: 14 Apr 2026 Total individuals affected: 1000 Action taken: Six individuals linked to the operation were arrested; and bank accounts associated with the front…...
UK: Latin American cleaner takes Amazon & cleaning contractor TCFM to court for racial discrimination after alleged arbitrary dismissal - Business and Human Rights Centre
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (243+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. 14 Apr 2026 Author: By UVW Union (UK) Date Reported: 14 Apr 2026 Action taken: The worker is taking both Amazon and the contractor to the Employment Tribunal. ppengcreative Getty Images Pro via…...
Critical minerals, critical rights: The energy transition must change course in the DRC - Business and Human Rights Centre
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (190+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. 14 Apr 2026 Author: Joseph Kibugu, Africa Regional Manager, Business and Human Rights Centre Sasha Lezhnev, Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2. 0) The global energy transition is often framed as a moral imperative. Yet,…...
Japan: High court rules domestic worker's death considered an industrial accident, company pledges - Business and Human Rights Centre
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (241+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. The content is also available in the following languages: italiano, " 8 Apr 2026 Author: Tokyo Shimbun Date Reported: 8 Apr 2026 Total individuals affected: 1 Source type: News outlet [Unofficial description by Business and…...
EU: SOMO's updated Datahub identifies 1, 400 corporate groups covered by the CSDDD - Business and Human Rights Centre
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1639+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. 14 Apr 2026 Author: SOMO "Updated Datahub shows 1, 400 corporate groups covered by weakened CSDDD", 14. April 2026 SOMO also provides pro bono research on corporate structures and supply chains to activists, communities, trade…...
Weekly Update 8 April | Social media platforms accused of fuelling attacks and disinformation against Indigenous leaders in Guatemala - Business and Human Rights Centre
1+ week, 5+ day ago (33+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. Nerdoguate, CC BY-SA 4. 0, via Wikimedia Commons READ THE FULL UPDATE JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOLLOW THE WEEKLY UPDATE ON LINKEDIN...
X did not respond about the use of social media to attack defenders - Business and Human Rights Centre
1+ week, 6+ day ago (87+ words) Insights, news, research and publications from our global team of experts. The content is also available in the following languages: espa'ol We invited X to respond to a report that alleges that social networks, including X, "have become a tool…...