{"id":800,"date":"2013-08-05T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T08:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipis.mmdev.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=800"},"modified":"2015-04-27T12:45:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:45:43","slug":"ipis-insights-businesses-assess-human-rights-impacts-outset-projects-soco-international-oil-company-virunga-national-park-drc","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/fr\/publication\/ipis-insights-businesses-assess-human-rights-impacts-outset-projects-soco-international-oil-company-virunga-national-park-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"IPIS Insights: Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Virunga National Park \u2013 a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. Below, IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-respectful processes, such as those advised in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, from the very beginning of the prospection stage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130826_SOCO.pdf\">Download in pdf<\/a>\u00a0or open with issuu reader.<\/p>\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/ipisresearch\/docs\/20130826_soco\/0\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 565px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s Virunga National Park \u2013 a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. 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