BHR

NGO: Dutch Procurement Does Not Comply with BHR Agenda

July 27, 2015

A press release from the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") MVO Platform argues that the Dutch Government's procurement policies focus too much on environmental issues and should include a greater focus on whether companies comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
UN Group Calls for BHR Inclusion in Development Goals

July 24, 2015

The Chairperson of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues has sent a letter to national representatives to the UN calling for the incorporation of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") in order to ensure the accountability of corporations within the SDG framework.
NGO Seeks Support of "Holy Land" BHR Principles

July 23, 2015

A nongovernmental organization ("NGO") is calling for businesses that have agreed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and operate in the Israel-Palestine region to sign on to a set of "Holy Land Principles" setting out BHR-type requirements in the field of employment.
NGO Article Calls for BHR National Action Plans

July 23, 2015

An article from leaders of a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") calls national action plans on business and human rights ("BHR") issues an "important new BHR governance tool" and explores how to increase the future success and credibility of such action plans to advance the UN BHR agenda.
Workshop Pushes Human Rights as Basis for Climate Policies

July 22, 2015

A recent workshop co-hosted by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the University of Notre Dame Law School called for activists to highlight human rights as the basis of "climate justice" - that is, the push through legal liability and policy tools to force corporations to comply with the UN's agenda against climate change.
Meeting Explores Corporate Prosecution for International Crimes

July 22, 2015

A meeting hosted by the International Law Programme explored various potential means of holding corporations liable for international law crimes around the world, including through litigation, the International Criminal Court, and a new binding treaty on business and international crimes.
NGOs Push for BHR Treaty Focus on All Corporations

July 22, 2015

At a recent meeting of the intergovernmental working group charged with developing a binding UN treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues, a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") called for the BHR treaty to include the activities of all corporations around the globe and to focus on the "transnational operations" of these businesses.
NGO Criticizes EU for Seeking to Undermine BHR Treaty

July 21, 2015

A representative of the nongovernmental organization Friends of the Earth Europe has accused EU representatives of seeking to undermine negotiations over a binding UN treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues.
Activists Call for Clampdown on "Impunity" Through BHR Treaty

July 17, 2015

Activists from the Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and the Treaty Alliance, both of which have called for the development of a stringent UN business and human rights ("BHR") treaty, are pushing for the treaty to include criminal liability for corporations and their directors for alleged violations of the global BHR and environmental agendas.
NHRIs Push for National Action Plans in Binding BHR Treaty

July 17, 2015

The International Coordinating Committee for national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") has submitted a statement to the working group charged with developing a binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty calling for the treaty to push national BHR action plans and for it to apply both to multinational and domestic companies.