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UN Rights Observers Warn Ireland over Migrant Fishermen
March 01, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has warned Ireland’s migrant worker scheme for fishermen breaches workers’ human rights by linking them too closely with a single employer.
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Australia Launches Program to Finance UN Climate Pledges
March 01, 2019
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched an AUD 2 billion Climate Solutions Fund to help meet the country’s greenhouse gas emissions pledges under the UN’s Paris climate deal.
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UN, NGO Partner on Corporate SDG Assessment Platform
February 27, 2019
The UN Global Compact has announced it is working with nongovernmental organization B Lab to build an online platform that presses companies to contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by giving them tools to measure their SDG performance and compare it to that of other companies.
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NGO Seeks Mandatory Corporate Due Diligence Under UNGPs
February 27, 2019
The activist organization Shift has issued a statement calling on governments to implement a “smart mix” of voluntary and mandatory measures to ensure companies are complying with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), including by requiring companies to carry out “human rights due diligence.”
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ILO Report: Digital Economy Is Undermining Labor Rights, Benefits
February 22, 2019
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) World Employment and Social Outlook warns that new business models enabled by technology “threaten to undermine” labor rights by failing to provide formality and social protection to workers.
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