Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment
Human Rights
Mission: We work to ensure that corporations adopt and implement policies and practices that respect, promote and protect the human rights of all within their areas of activity
and sphere of influence.
Human Rights in the Extractive Industry
NWCRI and a coalition of shareholders have filed
shareholders resolutions with Chevron since 2004 requesting the Board to adopt a comprehensive, transparent and verifiable human rights policy. Chevron has business operations in more than 180 nations, many of which have consistently been noted by the U.S. Department of State as violating basic human rights. In spite of strong support from shareholders, Chevron has not adopted a human rights policy that ensures that it is not associated with human rights violations that pose reputation and liability risks to shareholder value.
Components of Human Rights Policy
A comprehensive human rights policy based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization Standards would include:
- Right to equal opportunity and non-discriminatory treatment
- Right to security of persons
- Rights of workers, including the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining and a safe and healthy workplace
- Right of indigenous peoples
- Economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, adequate food and drinking water
- Right to health and environmental protection
Code to Protect Children
Child Sex Tourism (CST) is a multi-million dollar industry which facilitates foreigners sexually exploiting children in other countries, some as young as five, with the average age of 14. Efforts taken to ensure that the Right of the Child to be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and abuse in the tourism industry include:
- 1996 International Hotel & Restaurant Association condemned sexual exploitation of children and recommended that members take steps to prevent the use of their facilities for this purpose
- 2003 Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Exploitation in Travel and Tourism was developed
- 2005 Over 200 travel companies from 21 countries have signed The Code
In 2006, NWCRI in collaboration with ICCR, adopted CST as a core issue. Companies that we are engaging include: Carnival, Hilton, and Marriott
As baith-based investors we believe that the tourism industry can play a critical role in preventing this egregious human rights violation,” said Rev. David M Schilling of ICCR.
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