Monthly Archives: January 2016

By Anolu Vincent, Owerri A group known as Oguta Human Rights Monitoring Committee has been set up in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State to monitor reported cases of Human Rights abuses in the area with particular emphases … Continue reading →

Global employment conditions are under increasing scrutiny. Allegations of modern slavery and trafficking, sweatshop factories, dangerous working conditions and child labour have been made against a wide range of companies, particularly among those companies reliant on long and complex supply … Continue reading →

A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by seven Guatemalan farmers against Canadian mining firm Tahoe Resources over a 2013 shooting incident involving protesters and security forces at the company’s Escobal mine. The suit … Continue reading →

By Judd-Leonard Okafor Fifteen years since the Voluntary Principles (VPs) on Security and Human Rights came into force, Nigeria is yet to adopt the framework to guide its extractive industry, says the thinktank Centre for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA). Josiah … Continue reading →

We have the responsibility and commitment to respect human rights with a strong focus on how we interact with communities, security, labour rights and supply chain conditions. We are committed to respecting human rights. Our human rights policy is informed … Continue reading →

Newmont Ghana has held a series of human rights training programmes for its employees and business stakeholders to create awareness about the company’s human rights principles and the role of employees in their implementation. Newmont has been a signatory to … Continue reading →

Extractives companies often work in complex contexts, where there is weak governance and rule of law, insecurity and conflict. One of the challenges facing companies in these situations is how to ensure the security of their operations and personnel which … Continue reading →

The mining and oil industries, as well as other large scale businesses though offer massive benefits including economic development and jobs to their catchment communities, endure to face rivalry in their operating areas. This is because their operations have the … Continue reading →