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Lloyds Ceases Funding for New Coal Plants
August 08, 2018
The Economic Times reports that the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group has joined the ranks of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, along with other financial institutions responding to pressure from the UN and environmental activist groups, in halting funding for new coal-fired power stations and thermal coal mines to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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Academic: Binding Treaty Draft Strikes Balance on BHR Obligations
August 08, 2018
Professor Doug Cassel of the University of Notre Dame School of Law writes that an intergovernmental working group draft of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) “zeroes in on what victims need most” by committing countries to requiring BHR due diligence while “avoiding the imposition of unreasonable obligations on business.”
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Academic Seeks Clarity on Parent Company Liability for Rights Abuse
August 08, 2018
Dalia Palombo of the London School of Economics Department of Law writes that courts considering the liability of parent corporations for the alleged human rights abuses of their subsidiaries in foreign countries should develop clear and consistent jurisprudence, as lack of clarity on the issue has been “detrimental to both victims and companies.”
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BDS Movement Touts Withdrawal of Adidas from Israel Football Clubs
August 08, 2018
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, a major driver of the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” (BDS) movement against Israel, is celebrating Adidas’s decision to halt its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA) after it came under pressure from activist organizations due to the IFA’s operation of clubs in Israeli settlements.
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Australian Commission Launches Study of AI Rights Impacts
August 06, 2018
Neena Bhandari reports that the Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a project scrutinizing the future impacts of artificial-intelligence (AI) technologies on a broad range of rights and discussing what mechanisms countries should put in place to ensure “we always have tech for social good.”
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