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Farmers work on land next to a silver mine in Guatemala.

On human rights, the US must repair, reflect, and re-engage

Vicki Gass

March 29th, 2021 Active citizenship, Land rights

On January 16, Julio David González Arango, an Indigenous land defender involved in peaceful resistance to a mining operation in Guatemala, was shot in his home. The next day, two other …

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GuatemalaHuman rightsLatin America
Hansel's illustration of development

‘Development’: A visual story of shifting power

PowerShifts

March 23rd, 2021 Power Shifts

decolonizationDecolonize developmentdecolonizing developmentdevelopment communicationsHow Change HappensHuman rightsIllustrationNGOsPower ShiftsPower Shifts Tags: communications
Hygiene kit distribution in Albatra IDPs Camp, Taiz, Yemen. March 2020. Credit: Wael Algadi. Oxfam

The UK is fuelling the war in Yemen, this can’t go on

Martin Butcher and Richard Stanforth

September 8th, 2020 Conflict, Emergencies, Fragile contexts

In July, the UK Government announced the resumption of new arms licences to Saudi Arabia for weapons to be used in the Yemen war. This is despite Oxfam colleagues in …

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Air strikesConflictHuman rightsSaudi ArabiaUK governmentYemen crisis
"June 2018 - Riverside to Payson"by lauraleedooley is licensed under CC BY 2.0

How we are driving a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Marti Flacks and Eniko Horvath

August 30th, 2019 Climate Change, Influencing

As we scale up investment in renewable energy, it is time for companies to adopt strong human rights practices. Eniko Horvath and Marti Flacks, from the Business & Human Rights …

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Human rightsRenewable energy
Defending Civic Freedoms and Human Rights. Photo: © 2013 Remar Zamora, Courtesy of Photoshare.

Should companies act when civic freedoms are under attack?

Mauricio Lazala and Ana Zbona

January 21st, 2019 Active citizenship, General, Influencing, Private sector, Rights

Mauricio Lazala and Ana Zbona, from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, discuss how companies can help support civic freedoms and human rights defenders in the countries where they …

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ActivismBusinessCivic freedomsCivil SocietyHuman rightsHuman rights defenders
Rasheda Begum collects water from the communal tap used up to 25 people in the shared yard of her home. Chittagong, Bangladesh. Credit: GMB Akash/Oxfam

Why tax dodging is a human rights issue

Alex May

November 14th, 2017 Inequality, Private sector, Tax

Last week in the wake of the Paradise Papers scandal Mark Goldring explained how tax dodging deprives already deprived people of basic services like access to water, education and healthcare. But, …

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BusinessHuman rightsParadise Papers

The right to defend human rights in an unequal world: The case of Mexico

Veronica Rodriguez Jorge

December 8th, 2016 Climate Change, Gender

Defenders of human rights often put themselves at personal risk to carry out their work. This blog examines the vulnerabilities human rights and land rights activists face, especially female activists …

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Human rightsHuman rights defendersLand rightswomen's rightsWomen's rights defenders
Global marches were held on 15 June 2016, demanding justice for Berta Cáceres, the Honduran land rights activist murdered on 3 March 2016.

31 women activists murdered in 2015: You can help stop the violence

Bethan Cansfield

December 2nd, 2016 Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls

International Women Human Rights Defenders Day was November 29th, you can support women on the front line defending rights. erta Cáceres was murdered in March 2016. Berta was peacefully opposing …

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Berta CáceresENOUGHHuman rightswomen's rightsWomen's rights defenders
Witnesses to the violence

Renewed violence around Las Bambas mining project: Will we learn from past mistakes?

Miguel Levano

November 30th, 2016 Governance, Land rights

Copper mining in Las Bambas, Peru has sparked new violence as the communities surrounding the mine are bypassed again by the Peruvian government and mining company, MMG, on decisions that …

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Extractives industryHuman rightsIndigenous womenLas BambasMiningPeru
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