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NGO Calls on Israeli Banks to Cease Settlement Activities
December 07, 2017
In September, Human Rights Watch published a report warning that the operation of Israeli banks in settlements in "occupied West Bank" territories, including financing construction, constitutes a potential human rights violation and calling on all Israeli banks to cease doing business with or in these settlements.
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Article Calls for Global Corporate Taxation Regime
December 07, 2017
Columbia University Professor José Antonio Ocampo and former UN Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona write that it is time for the UN to host discussions on "global tax reform" that would ensure businesses cannot avoid taxation in poor countries that need funding for "economic, social, and cultural human rights."
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Study Examines BHR Duties Under ECHR
December 07, 2017
A study from Daniel Augenstein and Lukasz Dziedzic of Tilburg Law School explores various state obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to regulate corporate conduct to prevent violations of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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UNGC Pushes Companies to Adopt, Fund SDGs
December 07, 2017
At the recent UN Global Compact (UNGC) Leaders Summit, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in September, the UNGC released publications guiding companies on how to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in all of their operations and how to publicly report on their SDG efforts.
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Forum Examines Proliferation of "Hard" BHR Law
December 06, 2017
An analysis of the recent UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (BHR) in Geneva by two Hogan Lovells attorneys indicates that the proceedings emphasized the "hardening" of previously soft-law BHR responsibilities for corporations and considered the risk that "human rights impact assessments" could heighten the risks of corporate legal liability.
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