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Business-related human rights violations continue unabated in Indonesia without implementation of the UNGPs

  • The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM),

Business investment in Indonesia has grown dramatically in recent years, and business-related human rights violations have continued unabated.

Is ASEAN doing enough to address business and human rights?

  • Dr Randy Wirasta Nandyatama & Dr Muhammad Rum,

ASEAN has taken steps to improve human rights protections, but its silo mentality is hampering action on business and human rights.

COVID-19: The politics of local responses in Indonesia

  • Trissia Wijaya,

Indonesia has been widely criticised for a weak national response to COVID-19. But sub-national governments have also played an important role.

COVID-19, women and digitised food networks in Jakarta: Inequality and resilience

  • Dr Inaya Rakhmani, Dr Ariane Utomo, Dr Catherine Phillips, Dr Diahhadi Setyonaluri,

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for informal food networks and the essential role that women play in creating and sustaining them.

Myanmar’s military: Its power over business and human rights and the UN’s Guiding Principles

  • Professor Catherine Renshaw,

The difficulties of implementing the UNGPs on business and human rights in a ‘pervasive culture of immunity’.

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