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Tullow offers offshore training for security personnel

The need to ensure security in and around the Jubilee Project has become vital as the date for the production of Ghana’s first oil in commercial quantities draws near. In response to this challenge, The need to ensure security in … Continue reading

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Tullow offers offshore training for security personnel

The need to ensure security in and around the Jubilee Project has become vital as the date for the production of Ghana’s first oil in commercial quantities draws near. In response to this challenge, The need to ensure security in … Continue reading

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Tullow offers offshore training for security personnel

The need to ensure security in and around the Jubilee Project has become vital as the date for the production of Ghana’s first oil in commercial quantities draws near. In response to this challenge, The need to ensure security in … Continue reading

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Gold firm helps police in probe into shooting

By The Citizen Correspondent Dar es Salaam. The management of AngloGold Ashanti fully supports ongoing police investigations into the shooting that resulted in death at the company’s Geita Gold Mine in Mwanza Region. The incident occurred a week ago, and … Continue reading

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UN Human Rights Council: Weak Stance on Business Standards Global Rules Needed, Not Just Guidance

(Geneva) – The UN Human Rights Council squandered an opportunity to take meaningful action to curtail business-related human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The council, on June 16, 2011, endorsed a set of “Guiding Principles on Business and … Continue reading

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UN – Business and human rights

The process of globalization and other global developments over the past decades have seen non-state actors such as transnational corporations and other business play an increasingly important role both internationally, but also at the national and local levels. The growing … Continue reading

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UN – Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework

On 16 June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. The UN Guiding Principles, provide an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk … Continue reading

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UN Human Rights Council endorses principles to ensure businesses respect human rights

16 June 2011 – The United Nations Human Rights Council today endorsed a new set of global guiding principles for business designed to ensure that companies do not violate human rights in the course of the their transactions and that … Continue reading

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VPSHR – ExxonMobil

We are committed to safeguarding company personnel and property in a manner that respects human rights and fundamental freedoms. Framework on Security and Human Rights Since 2002, we have been an active participant in the Voluntary Principles on Security and … Continue reading

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VPSHR – ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips has been a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights initiative since its inception in 2000. As a participating company, ConocoPhillips is committed to supporting and promoting the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights in … Continue reading

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