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NGOs Warn: ‘Companies Duck Responsibility for Abuse Because of Flawed Human Rights Guidance, Lack of Independent Oversight’
Company grievance mechanisms are more about protecting or refurbishing a company’s reputation than providing an effective remedy to the victims of corporate-related human rights abuse.
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Acacia Mining should overhaul flawed grievance mechanism at its North Mara Mine, Tanzania
Acacia Mining (Acacia), a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp., in its public reaction to RAID’s 17 November press release with MiningWatch Canada makes a number of unfounded assertions. The company refers to ‘factual inaccuracies’ in material about its subsidiary, the North Mara Gold Mine Ltd (NMGML) in Tanzania, and claims that MiningWatch and RAID have repeatedly failed to engage with Acacia, NMGML, and its NGO partner, Search for Common Ground.
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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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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.
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North Mara settlement a positive step, but justice has not yet been achieved
In March 2013 proceedings were brought in the High Court of England and Wales by the leading law firm Leigh Day against African Barrick Gold (ABG; now Acacia Mining) and its 100% owned subsidiary, North Mara Gold Mine (NMGML) on behalf of a group
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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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African Barrick: Can a leopard change its spots?
News that African Barrick Gold (ABG) has changed its name to Acacia Mining comes as no surprise. The brand has become toxic and identified with human rights abuses. But can a leopard change its spots?
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DRC Human Rights Defender, Boniface Umpula Released
On the evening of 17 November 2014 Boniface Umpula Nyembo of Action Contre l'Impunité pour les Droits Humains (ACIDH) was released after a court hearing in Lubumbashi.
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Boniface Umpula Nyembo: Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender in the DRC
RAID is today issuing a call to action following the arbitrary arrest and detention of a Congolese human rights activist who was distributing a press release.