Championing a Labour vision for human rights, keeping them at the heart of @UKLabour policy and practice. Join us ➡️ https://xitter.cf/t.co/Tqv58k2cpS
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"The BHREA would be a win for people, the planet and business. Can the Labour Party afford NOT to adopt a world-leading BHREA?"
Thank you to @UNISON_global for sharing your thoughts with us.
We agree with HO Minister @jessphillips today - the UK needs stronger regulation. The Biz, Human Rights and Enviro Act we have drafted with our partner @CorpJusticeUK, and includes the public sector, is fit for purpose. Recently, @LabourCHR asked us how lchr.org.uk/q_a_with_unison_…
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
Delighted my campaign to protect human rights in energy supply chains resulted in @Ed_Miliband committing to:
👉Cross govt approach to tackle Uyghur labour
👉The Solar Taskforce to include CSOs and trade unions @Anti_Slavery @UyghurStop @UNISON_global @ipacglobal
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
Great work @LabourCHR, in collab with @amnesty and excellent authors including @OliviaWillliams, @JennionJames, @HelenaKennedyKC, @JamieBurton29, & my personal hero, Francesca Klug of @LSEHumanRights. 👏🏼 Apt timing, please download the full anthology here: amnesty.org.uk/issues/human-… – at Hackney, London
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
With @labourchr and @corpjusticeuk, we explored how we can make a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act work in practice.
Thank you @kevinbonavia @AlexBallingerMP @attorneygeneral and @leighday_law for being involved.
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
Thanks to @SME4LABOUR for inviting me to speak on their panel about business & the environment.
I was happy to contribute to a lively discussion on how we ensure businesses are ethical & work in the interest of people & our planet 🌍
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
📆Join us at Labour Conference on Sunday @ 2pm for a panel on a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act - w/experts from @Anti_Slavery, @LabourCHR, @LeighDay_Law, & parliamentarians including @AlexBallingerMP & @kevinbonavia
Register here #lpc24 👇
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Join us to discuss how we can put an end to human rights abuses and environmental harms in British supply chains.
With @CorpJusticeUK & @SME4LABOUR, we'll be joined by @attorneygeneral @AlexBallingerMP @kevinbonavia @chloe_cranston & @DanielLeaderLD
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Monday @ 5pm, join us and @JennionJames, as we contribute to the launch of Labour Friends of Hong Kong, a new network supporting Hong Kong communities in the UK and beyond.
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
Great to have been out canvassing for @alistrathern this morning and afternoon.
Lots of people on the doorstep saying they're going to vote Labour and know Alistair is the only way to keep the Tories out.
@JennionJames @OliviaWillliams
#VoteLabour
We've been working with @AmnestyUK on a series of essays defining practical human rights-centred policymaking.
As we gear up to the general election next week, read these to understand why any Government must begin with enshrining human rights.
amnesty.org.uk/issues/human-…
⚖️ Insightful article by @JennionJames for @TheBFPG, on how the government's domestic disregard for human rights threatens to undermine the UK's defence of international law
bfpg.co.uk/2024/05/the-case-…
The story of Ali Julood shows the devastation caused by UK oil giants internationally. Aged just 15 he was diagnosed with leukemia from flaring from a nearby oilfield, contracted by BP.
Read about his father's fight, to protect others from the same pain:
bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
The war on #Gaza is a war on women.
More than 540,000 women and girls in Gaza are of reproductive age and urgently need access to appropriate items to support hygiene, health, dignity, and well-being.
Read our latest Gender Alert: unwo.men/o4uj50Rh9zr
ALT Being a woman in Gaza: no health, no dignity, no privacy.
🗳️ The deadline to register to vote in time for the May elections is midnight tonight. It is vital that we have representatives who are committed to upholding human rights at home and abroad- go to to gov.uk/registertovote to make sure that you can have your say
ALT Are you registered to vote? The deadline to register to vote in the 2nd May elections across the UK is midnight on the 16th April. Anyone over the age of 16 can register for free online in minutes. gov.uk/registertovote
While more should be done to tackle long-term vacancies, the housing crisis cannot be solved without prioritising the building of 100,000s of affordable and environmentally friendly houses. Housing and the safety and dignity it affords is a fundamental human right we campaign on
“Just building more homes on its own is not going to tackle the housing crisis”
Green co-leader Carla Denyer says the housing crisis needs to be addressed by making homes that are built more affordable and “bringing empty homes... into use”
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The UK has some of the lowest percentages of empty housing in Europe.
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is essential to delivering the aid we all know is desparately needed in Gaza, and it is unacceptable the government are stalling on this. The funding must be resumed without delay
Labour Campaign for Human Rights retweeted
26 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement was signed - one of Labour's proudest achievements.
Courageous leadership like Mo Mowlam's brought peace and power-sharing to Northern Ireland.
Today, we celebrate the progress made since then and must never take it for granted.
🏠 Great to see Sadiq's plans to build 6000 more affordable homes, take action on bad landlords, and protect renters
Renters are at the sharp end of the country’s housing crisis. I’ve been calling for the power to freeze rents in the capital for years, but the Government has refused.
If I'm re-elected as Mayor, we'll deliver 6000 new rent control homes across London.
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