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Hi.

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I promised Julie that I would do[br]a dance to lighten the mood

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after this very tragic story[br]of North Korea.

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So, here's the human rights dance:

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one step forward, two steps back,

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sideways, sideways, push, push, push.

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(Applause) (Cheers)

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Now, for some story, [br]some news about money:

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a recent study found [br]that only 40 companies

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control 80% of the world's[br]financial movement,

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the world's business.

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So, every year, there is business[br]amounting to about $ 20 trillion,

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and 40 companies control

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$16 trillion of business.

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That is almost eight times[br]the GDP of Brazil,

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[one of] the world's largest countries.

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Now, what that means,[br]is that governments are now telling us,

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"This is big business.

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These businesses [br]are bigger than countries.

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So, we are helpless.

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We are not responsible[br]for what happens to you.

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When companies violate your rights,

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we can't do anything."

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But the reality is that,[br]when we analyze the situation,

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states have not bothered to protect us

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from human rights violations.

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In many countries where impunity[br]and human rights are already a problem,

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we will see that business[br]then adds extra pressure

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on our human rights.

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What is also very scary is the fact[br]that, in many countries,

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it is joint ventures between these[br]big transnational corporations

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and state-owned enterprises[br]that violate our rights,

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that force us off our land,[br]out of our homes,

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that poison the air, [br]that poison the water,

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that poison our entire[br]food production chain.

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It is these joint ventures

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that send helicopter gunships[br]to shoot our teenagers,

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that send soldiers to kill us

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because we have suddenly become criminals

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for standing up [br]for our fundamental rights.

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I'd like to bring someone new[br]into the room.

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I've been thinking about her a lot[br]in the past few months.

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There's a photo I'd like to share of her.

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Do any of you know this woman?

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One of you do, yes.

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Do any of you have any idea[br]of which part of the world she's from?

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No? Okay.

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I'd like to introduce you to Juvy Capion.

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Juvy is a mother of four,

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and pregnant with a baby on the way.

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She and her husband, Daguil Capion,[br]were community leaders

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in the B'laan tribe, in Southern Philippines.

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She was involved in a struggle,

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she and her husband were involved[br]in a struggle with the community,

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to protect their land[br]from mining for copper and gold.

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The mining project was going to displace,

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force 2,500 families off their ancestral lands.

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So, let me share with you a story of Juvy.

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This happened on the 18th[br]of October last year,

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nearly a year ago.

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It was 6 am in the morning.

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Soldiers came to Juvy's house,

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and one of them yelled, [br]"Finish them off!",

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and then the gunshots started.

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Juvy screamed and begged[br]for the safety of her children,

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but soldiers entered her house[br]and kept shooting.

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Within moments, family members[br]rushed in and tried to save the family.

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Juvy was shot dead.

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Her son, 13-year-old Jordan,[br]was shot dead.

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Her other son, [br]8-year-old John, was shot dead.

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One daughter was shot,[br]but survived, 5-year-old Becky.

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Ten-year-old Riza,[br]miraculously, was not hurt.

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The soldiers took their dead bodies[br]of Juvy, Jordan and John

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back to their barracks

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to try and force her husband[br]to surrender himself.

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He's still in hiding.

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The authorities, instead of calling[br]for judicial measures,

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a proper court hearing,

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have instead put a price on his head,

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to be caught dead or alive.

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So, when we hear this story,

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I'm sure all of you are thinking[br]about similar cases

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in your region and in your country,

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cases that may have even happened[br]recently here in Brazil,

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one of the world's[br]fastest growing economies,

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and fifth largest country in the world.

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And that is a strong reminder to us,

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that states do have a say[br]over our human rights.

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And in situations in countries like Burma,

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where I have been working to support[br]human rights and democracy for 25 years,

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since I was in kindergarden,

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where everyone is saying,[br]"Wow! it's fantastic!

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Aung San Suu Kyi is in Parliament!

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Peace is in the air, [br]everything is great!",

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we're seeing that there are war[br]and atrocities still going on.

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And even in places[br]where there is a peace agreement,

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those who used to fear soldiers with guns

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now have to fear men with briefcases

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backed up by soldiers with guns.

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So, when we talk[br]about the multipolar world,

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when we talk about states

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and we are concerned that the BRICS don't[br]build a brick wall against human rights,

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we also have to understand[br]that companies have a role.

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Some companies have lifted the game,

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but, last year, as I tried to raise[br]awareness and concern,

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at the UN Forum[br]on Business and Human Rights,

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about safety in the workplace,

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about the fact that government workers[br]in Pakistan and Bangladesh

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were dying in the hundreds

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because of workplace's lack of safety,

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buildings were being[br]burnt down or collapsing,

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everyone nodded and everyone clapped,

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and then, a few months later,

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another bigger tragedy[br]happened in Bangladesh.

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When we talk about business[br]responsibility for human rights,

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we also have to remember[br]something: we are business.

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You cannot take the human being[br]out of the economy.

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We are shareholders, we are workers.

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Our natural resources are used up,[br]our air is used up.

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We are customers,

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and we pay taxes that are[br]used by our governments

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to bail out and subsidize business.

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So, we need to understand too

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that we have a right[br]to demand an end to impunity.

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We have a right to tell[br]governments and businesses,

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"You have to be accountable.

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We have a right to expect you to change.

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We have a right to demand accountability."

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And we are living in a global world,

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where the minerals used[br]in our mobile phones

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may have been extracted under conditions

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that caused massive [br]human rights violations.

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We have a right, as citizens[br]of the world and as customers,

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to demand that the products[br]which we pay for

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are not linked to atrocities[br]in human rights.

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And in this world where we are[br]concerned with BRICS,

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the rise of big new economies,

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we are concerned with the old poles,

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so we've got the old[br]poles and the new poles,

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not just front and back,[br]but sideways, up and down,

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and where we try to keep our balance[br]while doing the human rights dance,

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we do have to remember we all have[br]the right to demand accountability,

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and we are all responsible to each other,

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because, when you look at the UN[br]guiding principles on human rights,

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there are three things you need to know:

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the state duty to protect us[br]from human rights violations,

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the business responsibility[br]to respect human rights

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and, ultimately, our fundamental[br]right to remedy,

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which I assume is a right to justice.

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And if people who suffer human rights[br]abuses because of business

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are unable to have access to justice,

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people like Juvy and her family,

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and a lot of other friends that we know[br]in our respective regions and countries,

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if they are not allowed[br]to have access to justice,

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we should demand[br]that they have access to justice

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in the countries where these[br]corporations come from,

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because these corporations were involved,

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these corporations benefited[br]from human rights violations.

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So, I'm not going to finish with a dance,

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that would be a violation[br]of your human rights,

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but I just wanted[br]to tell you and remind you,

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because what I'm saying is not new,[br]it's just a reminder of various facts,

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that, in this room,

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we are linked to a multitude of networks.

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We generate our own gravity,

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and we can work to make sure

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that Juvy's remaining family,

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that the people of North Korea,[br]or Darfur, or Burma,

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or the people in Brazil[br]facing mass displacement

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because of so-called development[br]projects, close to home,

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people all around the world[br]suffering in this way

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know that they're not alone.

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In this multipolar world,[br]they are not alone,

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and we can't leave them alone.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)