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Building Momentum to Hold Companies to Account

  In 2020, you should be watching for a growing trend of national legislatures requiring companies to live up to their responsibilities to workers, communities, and the environment. Millions of adults and children around the world suffer…
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HRW Submission to the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)

December 2014

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to review the draft IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining. Below are recommendations based on research conducted by Human Rights Watch in various countries. Human Rights Watch has carried out extensive research…
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Indian Mining: The Human Rights Risks of International Success

From Australia to Mozambique, Indian mining firms are taking the lead on lucrative, globally important projects. But some of these opportunities come with serious human rights risks that could threaten both the reputation and financial health of Indian…
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India: Mining Industry Out of Control

Breakdown of Government Oversight Harms Communities, Fuels Corruption

(Panaji) – India’s government has failed to enforce key human rights and environmental safeguards in the country’s mining industry, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 70-page report, “Out of Control: Mining, Regulatory Failure and…
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Out of Control

Out of Control Mining, Regulatory Failure, and Human Rights in India Summary Key Recommendations To the Government of India To India’s State Governments To the …
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India Should Say No to Blood Diamonds

India's new role as a global leader at the United Nations Security Council faces a critical test this week on the issue of "blood diamonds". The term refers to diamonds mined under conditions of gross human rights abuse, and was popularised by the…
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The Enron Corporation

The Enron Corporation Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations Key Individuals Named in this Report I.  Summary and Recommendations Recommendations To the Government of India To the Enron Corporation To the Government of the United States To…