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Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to safeguard justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses in developing countries were narrowly defeated in the House of Lords yesterday. Crossbench peers had argued that an exemption was needed to make sure than poor communities harmed by UK-based companies could still afford to bring cases to court.
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TAGS: 302.Human Rights, 282.media, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Press release: CAFOD warns Government as 1,000 day countdown begins
Catholic aid agency CAFOD will tell the Government and the United Nations on Good Friday that urgent action is required to agree a new global plan to tackle poverty. Good Friday marks exactly 1,000 days until the start of 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed a decade ago are due to expire.
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TAGS: 177.Millennium Development Goals, 328.Press release
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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In a new briefing report launched in the run-up to this year’s G20 summit in Mexico, development agency networks Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE are telling world leaders to act on hunger.
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More than 2,000 people, including 250 children, pregnant women, older and disabled people, are facing being thrown out of their homes onto the streets of Sao Paulo following a court ruling.
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TAGS: 193.Brazil, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Protecting campaigners essential for transparency
CAFOD is calling for action to halt the suppression of groups and individuals working for change in the extractives industry in developing countries
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Running water, three meals a day and going to school seemed impossible for many in the Philippines five years ago - but not any more, thanks to CAFOD partner JPIP
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Climate change: Brown says we face "momentous choice"
Gordon Brown's tough words on climate change to the MEF are a timely warning to rich nations ahead of the crucial Copenhagen summit in December
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CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.
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