Business & Human Rights

World Bank Seeks Bolstered African Tax Collection

August 03, 2017

As part of the global agenda toward clamping down on tax avoidance by multinational companies to ensure the availability of resources to fulfill the economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, the World Bank hosted in May a training workshop in Senegal for officials from African governments on the "efficient management of the collection of tax revenues" from the extractives industry.
NGO: FIFA Must Show Concrete BHR Commitments

August 03, 2017

An article published by Amnesty International expresses concern that the recent moves of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to host meetings in Bahrain and to partner with state-owned Qatar Airways signal its intent not to follow through on pledges to embed the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda in its policies.
NGO Studies Strategic Litigation for Land Rights

August 03, 2017

In a study with broad implications for the global business and human rights agenda, the Open Society Foundations' Justice Initiative has published a report on the use of strategic litigation to support the land rights of indigenous peoples in Kenya, Paraguay, and Malaysia, finding that even unsuccessful litigation tended to "empower" indigenous plaintiffs.
NGOs Push G20 to Coordinate on BHR Policies

August 03, 2017

An event hosted in Berlin by a set of nongovernmental organizations focused on pressing Group of 20 countries (G20) to coordinate on measures forcing businesses to take action on "identifying, avoiding, mitigating, and remedying" violations of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda throughout their complex, global supply chains.
NGO Calls on France to Facilitate BHR Lawsuits

August 03, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Sherpa has issued a press release praising parts of the recently published French National Action Plan on business and human rights (BHR), including reinforcement of a "duty of care" standard for businesses on BHR issues, but calling for additional provisions facilitating the filing of BHR lawsuits against French companies.