BHR

NGOs Call for BHR Implementation in Maritime Industry

April 11, 2016

Nongovernmental organizations Human Rights at Sea and the Business & Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre have published a report calling for companies in the maritime industry to ensure they are implementing the UN's BHR agenda in their operations at sea.
CoE Official Outlines Work on BHR Agenda

April 11, 2016

The Council of Europe's ("CoE") Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, has published an outline of the work the CoE has done to promote the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in Europe, including by publishing a recent recommendation on BHR implementation and pushing for BHR national action plans in individual countries.
Paper Calls for Indian BHR Framework

April 08, 2016

The Ethical Trading Initiative has published a paper calling on India to follow the lead of other countries that have developed national action plans on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") by developing its own "national framework" to hold companies accountable for violations of the global BHR agenda.
NGO Launches UNGP Reporting Database

April 07, 2016

Nongovernmental organization Shift has developed a UN Guiding Principles ("UNGP") Reporting Database in which it compile information from corporate websites and reports relating to their implementation of the UN's business and human rights agenda.
Lawyers Take up BHR Agenda

April 06, 2016

Marialuisa Taddia writes that, facing pressure from UN agencies and activists to counsel clients to implement global business and human rights ("BHR") principles, lawyers and law firms are finding opportunities to carve out lucrative BHR practices but are also encountering challenges in adapting their own business practices to meet the demands of the agenda.
NGOs Call for G7 Follow-up on BHR Agenda

April 06, 2016

Praising leaders of past Group of Seven ("G7") summits for addressing the implementation of the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, a group of nongovernmental organizations is calling for Japan, as the current G7 chair, to ensure that the next summit includes a discussion of BHR issues, including supply chain standards and adoption of BHR national action plans.
Norway Wealth Fund Implements BHR Agenda

April 06, 2016

Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway's sovereign wealth fund, has adopted a human rights policy requiring companies in which it invests to integrate a human rights strategy in their operations and to report on their performance, key tenets in the implementation of the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
BP Implements Activists' BHR Agenda

April 01, 2016

The CEO of the nongovernmental organization Human Rights at Sea, David Hammond, has published an article highlighting how energy company BP, in the face of pressure from the UN and activists, has embraced the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, including by undertaking BHR due diligence and committing to external audits.
Australia Announces Consultations on BHR Implementation

March 30, 2016

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights reports that the Australian Government has responded to its recent Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council by announcing consultations on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR"), which may lead to the development of an Australian BHR "national action plan."
Academic: International Courts May Help "Shame" Businesses

March 23, 2016

In a review of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ("IACHR") decision dealing with business and human rights ("BHR") issues, Professor Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli of La Sabana University in Colombia praised the IACHR for facilitating the "shaming" of companies that violate the BHR agenda.