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UN Agency Considers "Cultural Appropriation" Policies
August 21, 2017
Andrew O'Reilly writes that the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently hosted a debate regarding international standards aimed at preventing the "misappropriation" of cultural expressions by permitting indigenous peoples across the globe to trademark these expressions and prevent their use by businesses.
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UN Body: Lowering Corporate Taxes Violates Rights
August 18, 2017
The Center for Economic and Social Rights has applauded the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights for releasing a document recognizing an international legal obligation of governments not to lower their taxes to attract investors and to ensure that businesses do not seek to avoid taxation in other countries.
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NGOs Rate Banks on Shift Toward Climate Finance
August 18, 2017
A group of environmental activist organizations has published an analysis scoring banks around the world on the extent to which they have shifted their lending from fossil fuel exploration to clean energy projects, finding across the board that financial institutions have failed to meet their pledges to contribute to the global climate change agenda.
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Ruggie Seeks New Path for Development of BHR Agenda
August 18, 2017
Professor John Ruggie of Harvard University has published an article indicating the limits of both voluntary and regulatory approaches to persuading corporations to take into account their human rights impacts and suggests the need for a new path, recognizing the "dynamic interplay" between these approaches, to advance the business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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NGO Criticizes EU Sustainable Development Proposal
August 18, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has criticized an EU proposal to drive more money into climate-friendly development projects in Africa through a European Fund for Sustainable Development due to the alleged potential for such projects to "benefit big multinational corporations" at the expense of the poor.
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