Business & Human Rights

US Objects to UNHRC Resolution on "Right to Health"

August 17, 2017

IP Watch reports that the US has objected to a resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling on the UN High Commissioner on Human rights to produce a report linking the realization of a global "right to health" and to access medicines and vaccines with health-related targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
EU Issues Corporate Non-Financial Reporting Guidelines

August 17, 2017

The European Commission has released a set of "voluntary" guidelines for companies to use to incorporate the latest developments from the global social and environmental agenda, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate accord, as they comply with an EU directive on public reporting of non-financial information.
NGO Pushes Businesses on Labor Rights in Supply Chains

August 17, 2017

A paper from researchers at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre asserts that companies have a "responsibility" to conduct human rights "due diligence" and engage in public reporting of their efforts to advance labor rights for migrant workers in their global supply chains.
NGO Launches AI Human Rights Campaign

August 17, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International has launched a campaign pushing to ensure that developers of artificial intelligence (AI) applications embed global human rights principles, including "economic, social, and cultural rights," in AI technologies.
NGO Supports Global, Strategic BHR Litigation

August 17, 2017

An essay from two representatives of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights reviews recent lawsuits against companies over alleged business and human rights (BHR) violations in their global supply chains and calls for "strategic and coordinated" BHR litigation to force businesses to redress their BHR impacts.