Today, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), an NGO in special consultative status with ECOSOC of the United Nations, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) against government of Bangladesh alleging the countenance of state apparatus in the genocidal crime against minorities in Bangladesh.

EIN News

Genocidal Crime Against Minorities in Bangladesh: HRCBM files lawsuit against government of Bangladesh

A series of free classes are underway in the Tampa Bay region to teach members of the LGBTQ+ community self-defense skills. It comes as Florida implements new laws that target their rights, and as the Department of Homeland Security warns threats of violence have increased against the LGBTQ+ community nationally.

WLRN

Some LGBTQ Floridians are taking self-defense lessons amid a hostile political climate

The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on Wednesday stating the U.S. LGBTQ community is currently facing an increased risk of extremist violence.

Chron

LGBTQ community facing increased threat from extremists, DHS warns

The findings complement a growing body of research that highlights the important influence women can have in effective and efficient management of both natural resources and agricultural pursuits.

Premium Times

Women decision-makers can improve conservation and agriculture, study shows

A new U.S. congressional committee on China approved reports on Wednesday pushing back on Beijing over its treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities and seeking to deter the initiation of a conflict with Taiwan, hoping some of its recommendations become law this year.

Reuters

US House China panel recommends Congress take action over Taiwan, Uyghurs

Minorities, immigrants and now members of the LGBTQ community are being warned of the risks of visiting Florida after the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group issued a travel advisory following newly passed laws and policies that may be harmful to people in those communities.

The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group joins others in warning people about visiting Florida

Discriminatory laws and the unjust treatment of Iraq’s minorities have resulted in thousands of emigrations, school dropouts, and suicides.

Fanack

Iraq’s Minorities Among the Country’s Most Threatened Communities

US retailer Target is removing some items from its LGBTQ Pride Collection range after threats and confrontations in certain stores

BBC News

Target removes some LGBTQ products after threats

Women in the UK wind industry continue to be under-represented at the most senior levels of management

Windpower Monthly

Analysis: Data shows which UK wind firms are making progress on gender diversity at board level

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has issued a travel advisory for the state of Florida, calling the state “actively hostile” to minorities as Florida’s conservative government limits diversity efforts in schools.

The Guardian

NAACP says Florida is ‘actively hostile’ to minorities and issues travel warning

A special meeting of the Jerusalem City Council to mark the capital’s unification in 1967 devolved into a series of statements questioning the rights of LGBTQ people in the city, with a deputy mayor and council member suggesting that such people are mentally ill.

The Times of Israel

Jerusalem deputy mayor, council member panned for ‘vile’ rant against LGBTQ people

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws.

US News

U.S: Civil Rights Groups Warn Tourists About Florida in Wake of 'Hostile' Laws

A Ugandan LGBT activist have said they will go ahead and return to their country next week despite the possibility of arrest by authorities in the country.

Heritage Times

Ugandan LGBTQ Activist Vows To Return Home Amidst Fear Of Arrest

Women’s empowerment is an undeniable, absolute necessity when it comes to fighting for food security, community development, poverty reduction, and social change

Morocco World News

Challenging the Feminization of Poverty Through Empowering Rural Women in Africa

Emergency meeting to address the targeting of LGBTQ+ events hears from extremism expert who says cancellations are exploited as victories by far right

Cancelling Victorian LGBTQ+ events in response to threats only rewards extremists

Diversity in education is an asset and has a great role to play for better cohesion, cultural diversity, inclusive societies, and economic benefit.  Yet, minorities are often at risk of having their human rights violated and can experience multiple forms of discrimination. 

UNESCO

New UNESCO paper maps out the status of the right to education of minorities

LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in Kenya are victims of severe hate crimes and abuses, including rape, says a report released Friday by Amnesty International and a Nairobi-based gay rights group. Perpetrators are able to "commit their crimes with almost total impunity, enabled by inaction on the part of the authorities", they added.

The New Indian Express

LGBTQ refugees suffer grave rights abuses in Kenya camp: Amnesty

Canada must ensure that new trade deals with India prioritize human rights and the protection of the fundamental rights of all Indian citizens. Failure to do so would be a betrayal of our commitment to human rights, condemning religious minorities in India to genocide.

The Hill Times

Report unveils India’s use of Nazi playbook to target religious minorities

Japan’s ruling bloc submitted to parliament on Thursday a bill aimed at promoting understanding of the LGBTQ community, a day before the country hosts the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, lawmakers said.

Japan Times

Japan ruling bloc submits bill on fostering LGBTQ understanding

One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their land in remote parts of this South American country



ABC News

Tiny Amerindian village in Guyana fights gold mine in key court battle over indigenous land rights

Social Responsibility | Diversity & Inclusion

Microsoft has sought the formation of a new US agency to govern AI while expressing its concerns over the safety and security aspects of the latest technology and laid out a blueprint for public governance of AI.

Computer World

Microsoft seeks US agency for AI governance, lays out strategy

With AI and robotics and generative AI we are at an interesting intersection of human vs. machine assuming roles of a CEO.

Forbes

How Should CEO’s Embrace AI Or Will AI Assume CEO Roles?

     
It’s a consumer’s world, brands are just selling in it. With endless options, companies no longer hold the power they used to over their customers. Now, loyalty must be earned, more importantly,  maintained. Breaking customer trust can destroy decades of company growth in a matter of hours — making corporate social responsibility (CSR) a requirement.

Tech Bullion

 Corporate Social Responsibility: Best Practices to Survive and Thrive in Today’s Dynamic Environment

The FRC announced it has launched the consultation in response to the UK government white paper Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance, which flagged potential areas for reform with a focus on directors’ responsibilities for internal control, risk, audit and corporate reporting.


ESG Clarity 

FRC consults on update to UK corporate governance code


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	The Ada Lovelace Institute is concerned that Chris Philp, the policing minister, is considering (Report, May 16) expanding police use of facial recognition, including integration into body-worn cameras. The use of biometric data, such as our faces, fingerprints and voices, raises significant legal, ethical and societal risks. This uniquely personal data can be used not only to identify, but also to categorise and classify, inferring characteristics such as gender and race.



Financial Times

Danger of growing use of biometric data is staring us in the face

In a unique collaboration set to enhance the availability of Arabic digital content, the Pearl Initiative, a business led non-profit organisation that promotes accountability in the Gulf region’s private sector has signed a memorandum of understanding with Majarra, the UAE-based Arabic content platform to advance the availability of Arabic-based information relating to corporate governance in the region.

Zawya

The Pearl Initiative Partners with Majarra to publish top Arabic content on corporate governance

Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go on Monday said there is an urgent need to address bureaucratic inefficiency and enhance government services through the use of technology. "People are spending so much money, time and energy just to get a simple document, submit an application for a permit or simply access public information," the senator said during a public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology on the e-Governance Bill.

The Manila Times

E-governance seen to boost public service

Regulators will on Wednesday propose an overhaul of the UK corporate governance code aimed at increasing company boards’ responsibility for accurate accounts

UK company directors face tougher conduct regime

Australia’s complex web of secrecy laws are undermining democracy and silencing whistleblowers, journalists and human rights defenders, the Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International Australia and Griffith University's Centre for Governance and Public Policy said today.

Human Rights Law Centre

Secrecy laws undermining Australian democracy, reform needed

Das met the board of directors of all public sector banks in New Delhi to discuss issues related to leadership and governance, and drive growth and sustainability. In a statement, the RBI said the governor acknowledged the role played by the banks in supporting the economy and maintaining resilience along with improved financial performance in the face of several adverse shocks in recent times.

Economic Times

Governor Shaktikanta Das pushes for stronger governance at public sector banks

Over 150 civil society groups and scientists from around the world, including ethologist, anthropologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall, have signed on to an open letter urging the UN to act now

Greenpeace

UN urged to stop the fossil fuel industry sabotaging new Global Plastic Treaty

A regulator like the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) can strengthen the CSR framework to ensure that companies are actively contributing to the SDGs

Deccan Herald

Ways to make the future sustainable

Producing food means companies take responsibility for food safety and other “public goods” from their supply chain to the consumer

Food Safety News

Corporate Social Response-Ability: Safety commitments in the food and beverage ecosystem

However companies approach becoming a greener organization, the question is whether they are staying true to their pledges, especially as economic conditions tighten

TechCrunch

Executives say they’re committed to ESG, but data shows otherwise

More than $30trln in capital has been committed to environmental, social and corporate governance-related investments

'ESG' in U.S. finance job titles comes with 20% pay premium

CSR initiatives have become an indispensable aspect of business success in today’s environment

Rebellion Research

The Benefits For Businesses Going Beyond Profits

Ethical superannuation investment options perform just as well if not better than mainstream options over the long term, research has shown.



The Sydney Morning Herald

Ethical super: doing good and performing better than ‘standard’ funds

ESG is an acronym for Environmental, Social, and Governance. ESG is a robust framework that offers stakeholders insights into how an organization navigates challenges and prospects associated with environmental, social, and governance parameters – often referred to as ESG elements.

India CSR

What is the Full Form of ESG?

Social Responsibility | Ethical Governance

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that rolls back child labor protections by extending the hours that teens can work and the establishments where they can be employed.

Iowa governor signs bill rolling back child labor protections into law

The federal government has made a push toward enacting policies addressing climate change in recent years, but state lawmakers in Montana are bucking the trend, recently passing a law curbing climate impact reviews in the state.


Montana’s new law banning climate impact reviews sparks backlash from environmental experts

FIVE new countries should be added to the United States government’s list of countries with severe and worsening restrictions on religious freedoms, a commission on religious freedom has said. The recommended countries, which include Nigeria, India, and Vietnam, would join 12 others designated in November as being of particular concern for repression of religious freedom under the International Religious Freedom Act.

Church Times

US government urged to act on severe restrictions on religious freedom

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry sued the Biden administration over so-called environmental justice actions targeting his state's petrochemical industry in a federal lawsuit late Wednesday.

Yahoo News

Republican state sues Biden admin over environmental justice actions: 'Dystopian nightmare'

An alliance of major labor groups in the Philippines called on government to work with representatives in their sector on upholding the right to organize, noting that a recently approved government task force lacked participation from workers.

Business World

Labor groups want part in task force on rights

Last week, the Biden Administration released its updated guidance on prayer and religious expression in public schools. In the past, the purpose of this guidance was to provide clarity on the exercise of religious freedoms in the school setting and to extend the greatest protection possible for these freedoms. 

American Center for Law and Justice 

Biden Administration Undermines Religious Liberty, Removing Important Guidance and Protections in Its Updated Memorandum on Religious Freedom in Schools

The European Union’s effort to secure a sustainable and secure supply of minerals, including through the draft Critical Raw Materials Act, is increasingly relying on flawed voluntary audit and certification initiatives.



Human Rights Watch

EU’s Flawed Reliance on Audits, Certifications for Raw Materials Rules

Amazon has been accused again of illegal anti-union behavior. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint Monday, saying the company changed its policies to squash union support at its only unionized warehouse in Staten Island, as reported by Bloomberg. 

Amazon again accused of breaking labor laws at unionized warehouse

Climate change directly contributes to the violation of human rights in many different ways — from droughts to floods that lead to loss of shelter, food shortages and breakdown of critical infrastructure, including schools and health facilities, increased human and animal diseases and disruption of habitats and critical ecosystems services that underpin survival, wellbeing and enjoyment of life. 

Down to Earth

How climate change threatens human rights in various sectors of Tanzania

Several large tea companies — including Unilever, Ekaterra, and Starbucks — were linked to plantations at which 70 reports of human rights abuses were made in 2022

Supply Chain Dive

Major tea companies linked to human rights abuses, report says

On May 15, the US State Department released a report saying religious freedom in India has worsened. In a 49-page detailed booklet, the report titled ‘2022 Report on International Religious Freedom’ cited examples from a number of cases where minorities were targeted and attacked in the country.

The Wire

US Report Expresses Concern Over Religious Freedom in India

U.S. labor officials on Monday said they have asked Mexico to investigate alleged worker rights abuses at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co (GT.O) plant in Mexico in the latest "rapid response" probe under North American trade rules.

US seeks labor rights probe at Goodyear Tire in Mexico

It's been nearly three years since a white police officer put his knee on George Floyd's neck, asphyxiating the African-American man and sparking mass protests against racism and police violence.

Barron's

Three Years After George Floyd: Hopes Dashed, Progress Mixed

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has recently advocated for the government to enact comprehensive regulations and procedures governing the operations of religious institutions, specifically aimed at curbing instances of abuse and extortion targeting their followers. 

Capital FM

Uganda Human Rights Commission wants gov't to regulate religious institutions operations

Studies reveal that employee well-being has a significant impact on productivity, engagement, and overall success

Modern Diplomacy

Social Matters: Valuing Employee Well-being

A plan to use the ocean is necessary to boost the economy to combat climate change

Solid oceans economic plans will aid developing countries

The Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Budget (the "Budget") includes a multi-year plan to increase the State's minimum wage starting on January 1, 2024

Mondaq

New York Minimum Wage To Increase Again

Religious freedom is a universal human right. The United States’ defense of that right includes issuing the International Religious Freedom report each year to assist those who protect this fundamental freedom

Share America

U.S. stands with defenders of religious freedom

Many religious traditions preach the need to care for strangers. But what happens when caring for the stranger comes into conflict with government policy?


The Conversation

When faith says to help migrants – and the law says don't

Social Responsibility | Human Rights

The UK government has made a U-turn on its animal welfare initiatives, scrapping the Kept Animals Bill which has been met with heavy criticism from the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWR) and The Humane Society International-UK group. Instead, the government has set up a new Animal Sentience Committee that will focus on penalty notices.

Food Ingredients First

UK government accused of abandoning animal welfare issues as vital Kept Animals Bill is scrapped

A bill aimed at banning live animal exports and introducing powers to tackle puppy smuggling has been dropped by the government over fears it would be forced into a vote on hunting.

Ministers accused of betrayal after animal welfare bill scrapped

The business operator of G and GB Hewitt Ltd, a slaughterhouse in Chester, England, along with six men who worked there have been sentenced for animal welfare offenses, including causing avoidable pain, distress or suffering to the cattle and sheep who were killed at the slaughterhouse.

World Animal News

UK Slaughterhouse & Six Employees Sentenced For Animal Welfare Offenses Against Cows & Sheep They Murdered

The McGowan Government will deliver an $800,000 funding boost over four years to six vital animal rescue shelters to support their work protecting and rehoming Western Australian pets.

Mirage

Major funding boost for animal welfare organisations

Animal rights activists gathered Sunday in Madrid to protest plans for the construction of an octopus farm in Spain, saying there are no respective laws in the country and the European Union to guarantee the welfare of the animals in captivity

APN News

Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain

A shift in supermarkets’ attitudes and a new judicial review could at last make us face up to this blot on our moral conscience

I’ve campaigned for decades against the horrific lives factory-farmed chickens lead – but now there’s hope

Animal welfare groups petitioned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to require that meat processing establishments install video cameras inside gondolas when stunning or killing pigs with carbon dioxide.

Meat + Poultry

Animal welfare advocates urge USDA to enforce video footage in gondolas

Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to culturally meaningful recovery targets, a consortium of researchers and community members say in a new paper published this week in Science.


University of British Columbia 

Call for Canada to braid Indigenous rights with endangered species law

A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week to uphold a California law banning the sale of pork from farms that confine pregnant pigs in gestation crates could have a widespread impact on the way states regulate the production of meat and eggs, according to legal experts

Food Dive

Supreme Court ruling upholding California’s animal welfare law could lead more states to act

The decision could result in a patchwork of laws that are likely to make national meat producers very uncomfortable. Should California be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals raised in other states if products from those animals are to be sold in California?

Modern Farmer

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Humane Treatment of Pigs Could Catalyze a Wave of New Animal Welfare Laws

Turbines that make up part of the offshore wind farms near Borssele and Egmond aan Zee were shut down for four hours on Saturday to prevent migratory birds from flying into the wind turbine blades. A massive bird migration over the North Sea was predicted to take place last weekend.

NL Times

Wind turbines at sea shut down for the first time to protect migratory birds

For many, eating animal products involves some cognitive dissonance.



Why A ‘Humane’ Label On Meat And Eggs Means Very Little

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