Exploitation is not a Business model
Human rights abuses and climate destruction are not just the cost of doing business. Societies thrive when people and the planet have enforceable, fundamnetal protections. At ICAR, we call it a rights-based economy. You might call it common sense. Whatever we call it, it’s the furture we need to build together.
ICAR is a network of organizations, funders, activists, academics, and human rights defenders from all over the world committed to building strong rights-based economies.
How we get There
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Climate protectors, human rights defenders, labor organizers, and all people seeking a better future need to be allowed to speak and organize without being silenced by powerful companies and their allies in government.
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Governments should make policy choices that benefit all stakeholders, not just the wealthiest, most connected, or most corrupt.
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Human rights abuses, labor rights abuses, and environmental destruction ends when there are clear prohibitions on what companies cannot do, and accountability for violating the rules.
