Businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights. This is the international standard of behaviour expected of businesses. We talked about how human rights apply to businesses in the introduction to this guide. This section will give more detail about businesses’ human rights responsibilities and how this international standard can help you take legal action […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Business and human rights,
Business can impact human rights in many ways. This section will help you decide if a business has impacted your human rights. Key Resource: Human Rights Translated 2.0: A Business Reference Guide This guide can give you more detail about what your rights are and how they might be abused by businesses. If you think […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Business and human rights,
Businesses are important to communities. They can provide investment, jobs and much needed services. But business does not always benefit people. Sometimes businesses harm people, communities and the environment. If a business harms your human rights, there are options for you to enforce your rights. You could take a case to court or try to […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Business and human rights,
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Content type: News
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark opinion that equates environmental protection with human rights, a conclusion that could force countries in Latin American and beyond to tackle climate change more aggressively. The advisory opinion represents the first time the Inter-American Court has recognized a fundamental right to a healthy environment, a […]
Content type: News
Legal Topic: Environment,
Most countries have laws providing for the authorities to hold in custody people who are accused of illegal entry into the country or of violating the terms on which they have been permitted to remain. This type of custody is referred to as detention. In this guide we explain the grounds on which it may […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
As noted in the section Who is a refugee?, to be considered a refugee one has to be: be outside his/her country of nationality, and have a well-founded fear of persecution, which is due to his/her race, religion, nationality, member of a particular social group or political opinion, and be unable or unwilling to return. […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
Produced by the Constitution Unit of the UK’s University College London, this guide contains various examples of FoI requests, alongside tips and advice on pursuing demands for information helps by public bodies in the UK.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
Published by a group named WhatDoTheyKnow, this is a database containing hundreds of thousands of FoI requests to UK authorities, and the responses received from those bodies.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Templates and examples,
Legal Topic: Right to information,
