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Australia appoints first-ever independent examiner to investigate corporate human rights abuses overseas
Today, the Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the Federal Government’s appointment of Mr John Southalan as the first-ever Australian independent examiner charged with investigating reported instances of corporate misconduct by...
Keren Adams, a Legal Director at the HRLC, says that the appointment of an independent examiner is a positive first step towards holding Australian businesses accountable for their human rights impacts abroad.
- HRLC
“We expect Australian businesses to treat people fairly and with dignity, no matter where they operate.
However, report after report exposes examples of communities in some of the world’s poorest countries having their rights trampled on by…
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