Corporate Accountability
All companies have a responsibility to respect human rights in their operations. Human rights abuse are particularly high in the extractive industry. This is not surprising, given the impact that such operations have on land and water resources.
Amnesty's work on business and human rights aims to change law and regulations to ensure that companies are accountable for the human rights impacts of their operations.
Oil company Shell is polluting the lives of people in the Niger Delta.
UK-based mining company Vedanta is abusing the human rights of local people in Orissa.
Large-scale logging, oil and gas extraction are threatening the traditional way of life of the Lubicon Cree people in Canada. More
UK banks are investing in cluster bombs. They provide financial support to these shamefull and indiscriminate weapons. More
Lubicon Cree - Campaign update
Canada is now officially supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In a public statement on November 12, John Duncan, the federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development said: 'Canada has endorsed the Declaration to further reconcile and strengthen our relationship with Aboriginal peoples in Canada.'
The test of the government's sincerity will be how it now deals with the outstanding human rights concerns facing Indigenous peoples in Canada. Such as the situation of the Lubicon Cree.
Make Shell come clean
November 09: Campaign Manager Naomi McAuliffe talks about progress to date
The Niger Delta is one of the 10 most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems in the world and home to some 31 million people. It is also the location of massive oil deposits, which have been exploited for decades by oil companies.
- Read our report on the impact of pollution in the Niger Delta (PDF)
- Take action -Send a letter to the Nigerian authorities
Shell apologise
Bradford Houppe, Vice-President of the Ethical Affairs Committee at Shell, apologises for abusing human rights in the Niger Delta. Find out more on the Shell apologises website.
Note that this is a spoof press conference.
Demand justice for the Lubicon Cree
In Little Buffalo, Alberta, Canada, the Lubicon Cree indigenous people have been battling for three decades for the right to control their lands and hold to account the oil, gas and logging companies that have devastated their environment.
Large-scale logging, followed by oil and gas extraction, have all but destroyed the traditional way of life of the Lubicon Cree.
- Act now - Demand justice for the Lubicon Cree
- Find out more about the Lubicon Cree on the Amnesty Canada website
- Are you on Facebook? Join the Support the Lubicon Cree Facebook group
The impact of oil and gas development on the Lubicon Cree
More than 2,600 oil and gas wells have been drilled on Lubicon Cree land. This intensive development has taken place against the wishes of the Lubicon people. There are fears that even more destructive forms of extraction are planned for the future.
Lubicon Cree's fight: a timeline
Tuesday 25 January 2011
AIUK : Corporate accountability
via amnesty.org.uk
