Business & Human Rights

NGOs Launch Website on BHR and "Hard Law"

January 04, 2018

A group of human rights-focused nongovernmental organizations have launched a website called "BHR in Law" that track legal developments related to the global effort to bind corporations to a business and human rights (BHR) regime, "with a focus on mandatory human rights due diligence and parent company liability."
NGOs Update Toolkit on BHR Action Plans

January 04, 2018

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and the Danish Institute for Human Rights recently published the 2017 update of their "toolkit" for governments and others on the need for "National Action Plans" for implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
Ireland Publishes BHR Action Plan

January 04, 2018

The Irish Government has published a National Plan on Business and Human Rights (BHR) for the years 2017 to 2020 to give effect to the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in Ireland's promotion of "responsible business practice at home and overseas."
EU Members Agree to "Blacklist" of Alleged Tax Havens

January 04, 2018

At a meeting in December, finance ministers from EU member states agreed on a "blacklist" of 17 "non-cooperative tax jurisdictions" that allegedly allow multinational companies to escape taxation within the EU by failing to adopt international "good governance standards" on taxation.
EU Official Threatens New Tax Rules for Tech Companies

January 04, 2018

EurActiv reports that European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has announced plans to impose a stricter EU tax regime on multinational technology companies if negotiations at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) fail to impose new tax rules on such companies by Spring 2018.