UK firms found guilty of rights abuses
Mohamed Walji
Press TV, London
A report released by the international NGO, the Business and Human Rights Resources Centre has found British firms, with operations abroad could be implicated in severe human rights abuses. 303 companies have been contacted about alleged human rights abuses that have taken place over the last decade. Modern slavery, poverty level wages, beatings, environmental damage and even killings are on the list of abuses taking place.
The conduct of British firms in the UK is quite strictly regulated, but their conduct abroad is not. These alleged illegal and unethical practices that take place abroad are in most cases ignored, and a lot of the blame is being placed on the UK government for not taking serious action.
The coalition government introduced the Legal aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act in 2012. The legislation was aimed at significantly cutting the amount of taxpayer funded legal aid. But the report stated this has led to victims of British ‘corporate abuse’ now facing a diminished access to justice.
Phil Bloomer the director of the NGO said, “The next government must encourage and push companies to respect human rights and ensure abuses do not go unpunished.”
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