BHR

UK Parliament Committee Recommends Enforceable BHR Penalties

April 12, 2017

The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has released a report on the country’s progress in achieving Business and Human Rights (BHR) goals, concluding that companies and affiliated parent companies should be required to “prevent human rights abuses” or face substantial penalties.
NGO Coalition Praises French "Corporate Vigilance" Law

April 05, 2017

A press release from the European Coalition for Corporate Justice applauds the decision of the French Constitutional Council to uphold most of the provisions of a new law requiring corporations to perform due diligence regarding their human rights impacts, while eliminating some civil penalties, and calls for all other European countries and the EU to adopt similar legislation.
UN Group: BHR Rules Must Play Role in G20 Guidance

April 05, 2017

In a recent letter, the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues calls on members of the G20 Employment Working Group to use the UN Guiding Principles on BHR as a framework through which to push countries toward the promotion of "sustainable supply chains" as part of the G20's social agenda.
Paper Examines "Collaborative" BHR Impact Assessments

April 05, 2017

The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Sciences Po Law School Clinic outline how businesses and NGOs could pursue a "collaborative" approach to "human rights impact assessments" to consider how best to implement the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda in corporate projects.
UN Group Seeks Spread of BHR "Due Diligence" Laws

April 05, 2017

The UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues has released a statement welcoming a new French law requiring companies to show they are performing "due diligence" to identify and address human rights impacts in their operations and supply chains and calling on other governments to follow France's lead in broadly implementing the BHR agenda.
Workshop Pushes for Strong CoE Guidelines on BHR

April 05, 2017

A recent workshop hosted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights gathered representatives from governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), businesses, and other institutions to generate proposals for a wide-ranging business and human rights (BHR) recommendation at a high-level seminar to be hosted by the Council of Europe (CoE) in June.
ILO Calls for BHR “Due Diligence” to Protect Indigenous Peoples

April 05, 2017

As part of its revision of its Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls on companies to address business and human rights (BHR) concerns regarding indigenous and tribal peoples by performing “due diligence.”
UN Focuses BHR Forum on Access to Remedies

April 05, 2017

The Secretariat of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (BHR) has announced that the central theme for its November 2017 meetings will be “Realizing Access to Remedy,” where stakeholders will discuss how to improve the availability and efficacy of grievance mechanisms used to remedy alleged BHR violations by transnational companies.
UN, NGOs Expand Efforts Toward BHR Remedies

April 04, 2017

A briefing from law firm Clifford Chance and nongovernmental organization (NGO) Global Business Initiative on Human Rights calls on businesses to become more involved in discussions with governments, the UN, and NGOs over the formation of future global business and human rights (BHR) grievance mechanisms under the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
Lawyers Advocate Global BHR Arbitration Rules

April 03, 2017

A group of lawyers has published an article calling for the development of global Business and Human Rights (BHR) Arbitration Rules, a system in which multinational corporations would agree to BHR terms in their contracts, and require them in those of their suppliers, forcing them to arbitrate disputes with alleged victims of their human rights impacts around the world.