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LNB news: WBA report highlights impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) on human rights

19 February 2021
Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Human rights
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The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published a report on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on human rights in the private sector

Lexis®Library update: The study evaluates 229 companies across five sectors on a variety of topics including governance and policy commitment, human rights due diligence, purchasing decisions, and remedy and grievance mechanisms.

The report highlights that most companies still need to take further ‘steps to protect their workers’ and that they do not consider ‘human rights risks faced by vulnerable workers and local communities’.

The study can be found here.

Source: COVID-19 and human rights study

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 18 February 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Human rights
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