{"id":834652,"date":"2022-10-11T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/oct\/11\/uk-firms-legal-muscle-human-rights-climate-abuses-report"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T08:00:44","slug":"uk-firms-using-legal-muscle-to-facilitate-human-rights-and-climate-abuses-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/10\/11\/uk-firms-using-legal-muscle-to-facilitate-human-rights-and-climate-abuses-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on bilateral investment treaties<\/p>
UK companies operating overseas are afforded far greater legal protections than the citizens of the countries they invest in, leading to corporations getting away with human rights and climate change abuses, a report has found<\/a>.<\/p> The Transform Trade charity says the majority of UK bilateral investment treaties<\/a> (BITs) contain no mention of climate change, the environment or human rights, meaning companies are not held accountable for violations.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n