Documenting and Challenging Human Rights Abuses by Business Actors

The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group has been highlighting and publishing cases of human rights abuses involving business actors, through its associated listserv, at public events like the World Social Forum and the Commission on Human Rights, and through its publications. The Working Group has also assisted communities and grassroots groups facing ongoing threats to their human rights, by connecting groups to one another, providing informational and advocacy resources, and facilitating solidarity actions through its listserv.

As part of their ongoing effort to highlight human rights abuses in the cooperate sector, the Corporate Accountability Working Group launched the Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD) Project with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law on June 28, 2011. This Project systematically documents, monitors and challenges alleged cases of human rights abuses involving corporations across different regions and business sectors. In order to strengthen capacity in monitoring and documentation, the Working Group is also developing a project to facilitate mutual-learning and peer-to-peer training sessions amongst members. Read more: ESCR-Net