Pope Francis condemns global indifference to suffering | World news. In perhaps the sternest homily of his papacy so far, Pope Francis has inveighed against "the globalisation of indifference". Speaking on Monday on the small island of Lampedusa, the point of entry into Europe for tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers, Francis said: "We have become used to the suffering of others. It doesn't affect us. It doesn't interest us. It's not our business. " Wearing vestments of penitential purple, the pope said he had chosen to visit Lampedusa on his first journey out of the Vatican after learning of a recent incident in which migrants had died at sea while attempting to cross from north Africa.
The thought of their suffering had come back to him repeatedly like "a thorn in the heart", he said. As his plane landed, more than 160 Eritreans were coming ashore in the port – the latest of almost 8,000 arrivals on Italy's southern coasts so far this year, according to UN figures. Calling All Investors: It’s Time to Pay Attention to Human Rights | Blog.
Chloë Poynton, Manager, Advisory Services, BSR The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights have provided significant clarity on the responsibility of businesses to respect human rights in their activities and business relationships. While this responsibility extends to investment firms as companies, there is little clarity on their role in respecting human rights through investment decisions. Last week, I attended the launch of a report that answers this very question. “Investing the Rights Way” (PDF) developed by the Institute for Human Rights and Business, Calvert Investments, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, provides a framework to help investment firms and financial service providers better understand a company’s human rights performance. The report identifies three elements of the Guiding Principles that investors should consider as part of their due diligence process: As an investor, I care about the companies I invest in.
Freedom House. Can Corporations Be Liable For Human Rights Abuses? This week the Supreme Court will take another look at the Alien Tort Statute to answer the question whether corporations can be sued in the United States for alleged complicity in human rights abuses abroad. It’s a case drawing a lot of attention and given the evolution of corporate rights under the Roberts Court, with good reason. The Alien Tort Statute dates back to 1789 but it has only recently (well, recently by legal standards) come back in fashion when human rights lawyers started suing foreign government officials under it and then eventually started suing multinational corporations under it. The case the Supreme Court will consider has the Obama administration joining forces with human rights advocates in pursuing allegations that Royal Dutch Shell Plc helped Nigeria squash oil exploration protests in the 1990s and engage in widespread human rights abuses.
U. The question is, does the Roberts Court agree? A ruling on the case should come by the end of June. Related Stories:
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