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UN Observers Push for Rights-Centered Tech Development
June 19, 2019
At a human rights conference in Tunis organized by nongovernmental organization AccessNow, UN human rights observers called for companies to place the international human rights agenda at the center of their efforts to develop technology with impacts on the “digital space.”
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UN Agents Demand ILO Recognize Global Right to Safe, Healthy Work
June 19, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to adopt the right to “safe and healthy working conditions” as a fundamental right of workers worldwide.
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NGOs: French Companies Failed to Comply with “Duty of Vigilance”
June 19, 2019
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has published a report criticizing French companies for their failure to fully comply with the country’s new “duty of vigilance” law and calling for the introduction of a binding global business and human rights (BHR) treaty to remedy shortcomings in BHR enforcement.
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EU Evaluates Rights in Cambodia with Eye to Future Trade
June 19, 2019
The European Commission and European External Action Service recently sent observers to evaluate the level of respect for a range of rights in Cambodia as part of the EU institutions’ determination whether to continue its preferential trading relationship with the country.
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Canadian Court Will Hear Case on Guatemala Mining Subsidiary
June 19, 2019
The Narwhal reports that a case in a British Columbia court against a Canadian mining company over its subsidiary’s alleged human rights violations in Guatemala is one example of plaintiffs currently testing the limits of Canadian courts’ jurisdiction over corporate subsidiaries’ conduct in foreign countries.
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