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PEACEBUILDING
01 December 2020

Swedwatch calls for integration of business and human rights into peace and security frameworks

Swedwatch recently joined an online dialogue with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights an...
Call to action
HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILLIGENCE
29 September 2020

Swedwatch part of human rights due diligence campaign

Swedwatch is part of a new campaign in Sweden calling for legislation requiring companies to respect h...
Call to action
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
10 June 2020

Mining machinery sales in Myanmar may be aggravating human rights abuses

Major mining machinery suppliers still appear to lack adequate safeguards in their sales, two years af...
Call to action
OECD
07 May 2019

Swedwatch raises new perspective on company responsibility at OECD

What are the responsibilties of companies who sell mining equipment on high-risk markets? This was dis...
Call to action
Capacity exhange
11 March 2019

Empowering defenders in Quito

Mining, oil, agriculture and hydropower - the list was long when human rights defenders mapped problem...
Call to action
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
20 June 2018

Machinery providers fail to recognize human rights risks in Myanmar’s jade mines

Irresponsible jade extraction has led to human suffering and environmental degradation in Myanmar’s co...
Call to action
Risks in Colombia
19 March 2018

Human rights defender warns of risks related to Colombian hydropower plant

Swedish companies Atlas Copco and Scania are suppliers to the construction of Colombia’s biggest hydro...
Call to action
Kundansvar
05 February 2018

Atlas Copco, Sandvik should do more to address risks in South Africa’s platinum mines

Companies that sell equipment to South Africa's platinum industry have a responsibility to analyse the...
Call to action
Working conditions
22 December 2017

Need for companies to address non-standard employment risks

Employment forms that do not provide full-time and permanent employment are increasingly used by compa...
Call to action
Report launch
20 November 2017

Exits and human rights in focus at report launch in Sierra Leone

Commitments were made on increased collaboration between CSOs and government agencies at Swedwatch's l...
Call to action
Good examples procurement
15 November 2016

Public authorities: Agents for change?

Social criteria in public procurement can improve working conditions in global supply chains, accordin...
Call to action
hydroelectrics Colombia
30 November 2015

Sharper focus on human rights needed

Swedwatch’s 2014 report Drowned Rights, Floating Responsibilities is now available in Spanish. It reve...
Call to action
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