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NGOs: Include Human Rights in Climate "Rule Book"
November 27, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations recently published a paper calling for governments developing the "Rule Book" for fulfilling the UN's Paris climate agreement to integrate "key human rights and environmental and social principles" to ensure "policy coherence" in their plans to prevent climate change and uphold the global human rights agenda.
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NGOs: US NCP Should Have Sanctioning Power
November 27, 2017
In the lead-up to a global "peer review" process analyzing the effectiveness of the US National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a group of nongovernmental organizations submitted a call for the US to strengthen the NCP by providing for sanctions against businesses that violate the OECD Guidelines.
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OECD Meeting Ramps up Action on Tax Avoidance
November 22, 2017
Countries meeting in Cameroon at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Global Forum on tax transparency agreed to support the EU's efforts to penalize so-called "tax havens" and to require annual "implementation reports" and "peer reviews" on countries' efforts to prevent corporate tax avoidance.
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UN Pushes Businesses on Gender Equality Targets
November 21, 2017
UN Women hosted an event in September pushing businesses and foundations to adopt the gender-specific targets set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and increase their funding for women's economic equality, including by supporting a UN advertising initiative seeking to "promote a more realistic and aspirational portrayal of women."
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UN Agencies Seek Business Recognition of Sexual Rights
November 21, 2017
The UN Population Fund, UN Women, and a group of national governments co-hosted an event on the margins of the UN General Assembly in September seeking to make the "business case" for advancing women's "sexual and reproductive health rights," often interpreted to include abortion, to promote women's "economic empowerment."
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