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Mining Giant ERG Ignored UK Government on Human Rights in DR Congo
A British government assessment has found Kazakh mining giant, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG, formerly ENRC), flouted the human rights of several thousand people living on its cobalt and copper concession in Congo.
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African Commission: Landmark $4.36 Million Award to DR Congo Massacre Victims
Anvil Mining company is publicly rebuked for its role in Kilwa killings and a new criminal investigation is ordered.
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US Hedge Fund Corruption Settlement Shows Failure of City Regulation
A new report about Och-Ziff hedge fund reveals the repeated failure by UK regulatory authorities to prevent corrupt assets being traded on London markets.
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Panama, Congo, Zimbabwe, London, New York: the vultures come home to roost
Links between a UK court ruling denying disclosure on Zimbabwe sanctions, action in the US against hedge fund Och-Ziff, and the Panama papers on deals done in the Congolese war.
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ENRC (now Eurasian Resources Group) failed to respect human rights, says UK government watchdog
The UK government has sent a clear message to investors in high risk environments, like the Congo, that they cannot evade their human rights responsibilities.
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Glencore must explain its plans for thousands of artisanal miners
Gecamines (the Congolese state-owned mining company) and its joint venture partner, Dino Steel International (owned by Glencore’s long term business partner, Groupe Bazano), sold the Chabara mine permit to the Glencore subsidiary, Mutanda Mining,
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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.
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NGOs call on Glencore to Correct Misleading Assertions
RAID and its partners are calling on Glencore to retract unjustified allegations against them made in the wake of a joint NGO report on Glencore's activities in the DRC.
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Press follow-up to RAID's report on Och-Ziff
Several press reports have followed from RAID's April 2014 report on Och-Ziff, the New York hedge fund currently under investigation by the US authorities.
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Important advance for Kilwa justice
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights finds communication about Kilwa massacre of 2004 admissible.