BHR

Activists Develop Database on National BHR Actions

November 12, 2014

The Business & Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre is developing a database on the development of "national action plans" and other actions on BHR issues by governments around the world in order to push countries to further the international BHR agenda.
Shift Calls for Legal Advice Based on BHR Principles

November 12, 2014

Highlighting the attempts of nongovernmental organizations to portray the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") as binding law, an article from the Shift Project calls for lawyers to warn their business clients about the legal risks of not complying with these principles.
Ecuador Seeks BHR Treaty to Rein in Transnational Corporations

November 05, 2014

Foreign Affairs Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patiño writes that Ecuador is seeking a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") in order to reform the "unfair world order" by holding transnational businesses to account for "arbitrary actions of corporate power."
IBA Pushes Guiding Principles in Global Legal Community

October 29, 2014

The International Bar Association ("IBA") has released a report calling for bar associations around the world to promote the use of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in lawyers' advice to their business clients.
Finland Launches National Action Plan on BHR

October 29, 2014

The Government of Finland has released a report containing its national action plan on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
Paper: Governments Fail to Advance Global Governance Under UNGPs

October 22, 2014

A paper by Susan Ariel Aaronson and Ian Higham argues that governments are failing to pressure businesses to carry out their responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGPs"), a mechanism advancing global governance of business and human rights issues.
Commentator Identifies UNGPs as Source of Legal CSR Obligations

October 17, 2014

In a chapter on corporate social responsibility ("CSR") in the extractive sector, Yousuf Aftab writes that concepts proliferated in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGPs") and other international frameworks will place legal responsibilities on corporations to observe CSR in their operations.
Article Calls for Additional Corporate Apparatus on BHR

October 17, 2014

An article by a staff member of the Institute of Policy Research and Advocacy calls for companies to advance the international business and human rights ("BHR") agenda by establishing an initiative specifically devoted to BHR issues, separate from those promoting corporate social responsibility.
UN Works to Institutionalize U.S. Action Plan on BHR

October 08, 2014

The UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") has applauded the Obama Administration for announcing that it will develop a "national action plan" on BHR issues and has signaled that it will seek to institutionalize this plan at the international level so it will continue to be implemented in future administrations.
Academics Call for Robust U.S. Action Plan on BHR

October 08, 2014

The Directors of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights ("BHR") have called upon President Obama "to set the standard for government action" on international BHR principles in the coming U.S. BHR national action plan, including bolstering U.S. foreign policy to prevent human rights violations.