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Acacia Mining Faces New Human Rights Problems in Tanzania
Acacia's board of directors is urged to stop employing the Tanzanian police and suspend its problematic grievance process at its North Mara gold mine.
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Clarification sought from Barrick and Acacia
Human Rights Impact Assessments
In their separate responses to RAID of March 2015, both Acacia Mining plc (formerly known as African Barrick Gold plc – ABG) and Barrick Gold Corporation state:
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Rethinking the UN Guiding Principles and company grievance mechanisms
A briefing released today by RAID calls on the UK and other governments to rectify serious problems in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. The existing framework allows companies to privatise and control the implementation of human rights.