• Pussy Riot and Russia's surreal 'justice'

    Rachel Denber, Human Rights Watch

    What this case said about the state of the rule of law and freedom of expression in Russia was disturbing – as was what the judge said about the role she believed feminism played in the case.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Prohibition of Amnesties by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

    Prof. Christina Binder, University of Vienna

    The Inter‐American Court of Human Rights has proven a particularly active defender of human rights in Latin America. The Court has developed an innovative and creative jurisprudence with respect to all kinds of human rights violations, including forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, violations of indigenous peoples’ rights or those of undocumented migrants. Legal scholars have praised the Inter‐American Court for its effective protection of human rights and even the International Court of Justice has drawn on the judgments of the Inter‐American Court.  more[...]  login_required

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    Prof. Christina Binder, University of Vienna 
     

  • Cotton Initiatives Form a New Partnership to Bring Greater Sustainability to Smallholder Farmers

    The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and its Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative and the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), have signed an interim partnership agreement that should see increased effectiveness and efficiency in promoting greater sustainability to African smallholder farmers as well as delivering sustainable solutions for the textile and fashion industry in Europe and North America.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Argan Program in Morocco

    Raquel Ark, BASF
    Charlotte d’Erceville, BASF
    Viola Möller, BASF
    Anne-Laurie Rodrigues, BASF
    BASF SE

    With the integration of Cognis and its active ingredients business, Laboratoires Sérobiologiques (LS), BASF has broadened its product portfolio based on renewable raw materials in the last years. One of renewable raw materials is Argan oil from Morocco.  more[...]

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  • World Food Programme: High Food Prices - 10 Questions Answered

    The recent drought in the United States and its impact on maize prices has focused the world's attention back onto global food prices. The latest data from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization shows that prices are in fact up a little after a period of decline. High food prices not only put a strain on the already tight food budgets of the world’s poor, but raise the price of helping them with food aid.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Food Price Volatility a Growing Concern

    World Bank

    Given the exceptional drought in the US, current crop conditions in other grain producing regions, and the resulting increase in international food prices, the World Bank today expressed concern for the impacts of this volatility on the world's poor, who are highly vulnerable to increases in food prices.  more[...]  login_required

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  • My First License - I Know My Road Rules

    Muhammad Akber, Tristar Transport LLC
    Tristar Transport LLC

    Road accidents have become source of global concern. Whether you are a driver, passenger, or a pedestrian, your safety is at risk while using roads. According to the World Health Organization, road traffic accidents kill and injure millions of people every year – it is one of the top three causes of death globally. More startling is that the number of deaths and disabilities from road traffic accidents are increasing yearly, despite increased safety features in modern automobiles and improved road infrastructure.  more[...]  login_required

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  • Addressing the Global Health Issue of Zinc Deficiency

    Emily Hamer, Teck Ressources Limited
    Teck Resources Limited

    Teck is a diversified resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development with major business units focused on copper, steelmaking coal, zinc, and energy. The pursuit of sustainability guides Teck’s approach to business. The company, which is based in Vancouver, Canada, is building partnerships and capacity to address sustainability challenges within the regions in which it operates and at the global level.  more[...]

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  • A Journey of Passion and Innovation Toward Stakeholder Happiness

    SK Telecom

    Like most other countries across the globe, Korea has many issues to tackle regarding the widening gap between education and wealth levels. To narrow the gap, SK has enacted a wide range of social activities as well as made efforts to drive economic growth as a responsible corporate citizen. But in the process of undertaking such activities, SK soon realized that simple acts of charity are not enough to find an efficient solution to the deep-rooted malaise in society, and that a social enterprise can be a mechanism to address pressing issues and create sustainable values. As the first step toward utilizing such a valuable tool, SK raised KRW 50 billion in 2009 to support social enterprises on a large scale.  more[...]  login_required

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  • The Children First

    Lilines Urriola Herrera, medcom
    medcom

    In the past year, Panama has made some important and positive headlines worldwide. The country was awarded an investment grade credit rating by both of the globally renown ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings and Standard and Poor’s. Also, the New York Times named Panama as the number one travel destination in 2012. The country also had economic growth of 8 percent from 2006 to 2010, and in 2011 the country’s economy grew 10.6 percent, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America.  more[...]  login_required

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  • “Actions of Life” – Actions of Responsibility for Society

    Yiannis Roundos, INTERAMERICAN
    Interamerican Group

    Contributing to society with social responsibility initiatives and actions constitutes a core element of INTERAMERICAN’s mission. For this reason, the company invests significant amounts of time into various social actions, above and beyond the responsible practices that it has integrated into activities of its business operations. From its inception until today, it has continually focused on the people and society in general.  more[...]  login_required

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