Economic Justice and Rights
The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human rights and enables private actors to harm communities, workers, and the environment. Our work is driven by rigorous, thorough, and objective investigations. The Poverty and Inequality program exposes policies and practices that concentrate wealth in private hands at the expense of public well-being, challenging corruption, deregulation, privatization, and the dismantling and underfunding of tax-funded systems of social protection. Our Corporate Accountability program works to ensure that products and services are free from abuse or exploitation by holding businesses accountable for the human rights impacts of their operations, investments, and supply chains. Our work illuminates opaque and diffuse global supply chains and investment flows that obscure involvement in human rights abuses—from forced labor to environmental destruction—and advocates for stronger regulation of industries at home and abroad.
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May 27, 2024
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Europe/Central Asia
May 24, 2024
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European Union
Videos
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April 11, 2024
Global Failures on Healthcare Funding
Pandemic Data Reveals Threats, Opportunities to Improve Systems
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November 16, 2023
Yemen: Aden Electricity, Water Cuts Threaten Rights
Government, Southern Transitional Council Failures Leading to Multiple Violations
News
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May 21, 2024
Millions in the US at Risk of Losing Internet Access
End of Affordable Connectivity Program Would Exacerbate Digital Divide
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May 14, 2024
Victims of Vietnam’s Formosa Toxic Spill Deserve Justice
Government Represses Peaceful Protests, Prosecutes Environmental Activists
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May 7, 2024
UN: Revise ‘Pact for the Future’ to Focus on Rights
Countries Should Prioritize Economic Justice, Healthy Environment
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May 2, 2024
Nepal's Opportunity to Protect Children in New Budget
Extending Universal Child Grant Program Would Enhance Social Protection, Strengthen Country’s Future
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April 26, 2024
African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding
Slow Progress 23 Years After Landmark Abuja Declaration
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April 24, 2024
EU Parliament Approves Supply Chain Law
Positive Step for Corporate Accountability; EU Council Vote Still Needed
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April 11, 2024
Global Failures on Healthcare Funding
Pandemic Data Reveals Threats, Opportunities to Improve Systems
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April 10, 2024
Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Earned Women’s Tennis Championships