Business & Human Rights

Article Calls for Removal of “Provably False” Online Content

March 07, 2019

The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights has published an article asserting that social-media companies have a responsibility to remove “provably false information” from their platforms, whether the source of this information is foreign or domestic, “starting with content affecting politics or democratic institutions.”
Church Investors Pressure Companies on Social, Climate Policies

March 07, 2019

The BBC reports that a faith-oriented pension-fund membership organization called the Church Investors Group is pressuring companies to reform their social and environmental policies on issues including gender equality, tax and wage transparency, and climate action.
NGO Issues Global Guidance on Migrant Worker Rights

March 07, 2019

The Institute for Human Rights and Business has published three briefings for businesses around the world on international legal standards relating to employing migrant workers, focusing on pay, housing, and the right to organize.
“Abidjan Principles” Call for Regulation of Private Education

March 07, 2019

A group of UN agents, academics, and nongovernmental organization representatives have announced their adoption of the “Abidjan Principles,” a set of global guidelines outlining the authors’ vision of the state’s duty to provide free, public education and impose regulations on private education initiatives.
NGO Creates Online Tool for Human Rights in Tourism

March 07, 2019

The Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism has created an online “Get Started” Tool guiding companies operating in the tourism industry how to embed global human rights principles in their operations and their “value chain.”