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• Sakhalin: Promoting Language Rights on Indigenous Island

  and gas project, performs its activities on the island of Sakhalin, home to the Nivkhi, Uilta (Orok), Evenki, and Nanai indigenous peoples. Some of the project’s assets are located near the traditional residences and economic activities of the

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• Global Compact International Yearbook - Corporate Sustainability - The Way Forward

  Investment Company), Sakhalin Energy 03:37 PM, April 16, 2012 Related tags Sakhalin Energy , Russia , CSR Management , Indigenous , Biodiversity , Business Ethics , Corporate Citizenship , Environment , Human Rights , Management , Partnerships , Risk

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• CSR Manager.org - Indigenous Peoples: “New measures needed for reconciliation and to address historical wrongs”

  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, calls on the United States authorities to adopt new measures “to advance toward reconciliation with indigenous peoples and address persistent deep-seeded problems related to historical wrongs, failed policies of the past and continuing systemic barriers to the full realization of indigenous peoples’ rights”.

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• CSR Manager.org - Americas: Governments prioritize profit over Indigenous peoples’ rights

  Governments across the Americas are putting profit before the physical and cultural survival of thousands of Indigenous peoples, said Amnesty International in a briefing paper published ahead of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples on 9 August.

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• Global Compact International Yearbook - Indigenously Produced Organic Fruit

  PDF Indigenously Produced Organic Fruit By Gerd Pfitzenmeier (Macondo Group) 12:55 PM, March 30, 2012 Related tags Indigenously , Organic Fruit , Guayana , Development , Environment , Green Business , Poverty Eradication , ProcurementbaSupply Chain

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• CSR Manager.org - Indigenously Produced Organic Fruit

  In his factory hidden in the jungle, the French adventurer Pierre Saint-Arroman has taught indigenous workers how to harvest certified organic hearts of palm and pineapples, pack them in cans and ship them to customers in Europe’s organic stores and U.S. malls. With these goods, Amcar and the indigenous people create “benefits for everyone involved”, Richard notes in summarizing the basic business idea. Economic success is, of course, important to him and Pierre Saint-Arroman – but at the same time, they want to help the inhabitants of the Orionoco Delta. “In the first 15 years of our work, Guyana went through economic crises,” Xavier Richard remembers. “Today, the people earn a secure income from Amcar.”

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• Fighting Drought With Traditional Knowledge in Peru

  In celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, today we’re bringing you a great example of one of the many contributions indigenous peoples are making to address global problems like climate change.

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• CSR Manager.org - Dodd–Frank Section 1502 and the SEC’s final rule

  In recent years, there has been an increasing international focus on conflict minerals emanating from mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries. Armed groups engaged in mining operations in this region are believed to subject workers and indigenous people to serious human rights abuses and are using proceeds from the sale of conflict minerals to finance regional conflicts.

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• CSR Manager.org - Amy K. Lehraps Blog

  Amy Lehr is part of Foley Hoag’s unique corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice. In this role, she provides advice to major multinational corporations on best practices with regard to human rights, labor rights, and indigenous rights issues, as well as on stakeholder relations with local communities, host governments, security providers, and non-governmental organizations. Working with clients in a broad range of industry sectors, she provides advice on managing both the challenges and the opportunities of globalization, as well as on risk management issues, particularly those deriving from the Alien Tort Statute in the US. She also carries out human rights impact assessments and other forms of due diligence for clients.

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• CSR Manager.org - The Prohibition of Amnesties by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

  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.

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