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MDBs Seek Private Finance for "Sustainable Infrastructure"
July 27, 2017
At the recent Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, DC, heads of the major multilateral development banks (MDBs) pledged to cooperate in forming public-private sector partnerships to finance infrastructure around the world that complies with the UN's climate and "sustainable development" agendas.
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Lawyer: West Bank Database Violates Due Process
July 27, 2017
Doron Hindin of the law firm Covington & Burling writes that plans by the UN Human Rights Council to publish a list of companies operating in the West Bank - with the aim of disrupting those that do business with Israelis in the region - are counter-productive and violate both international trade law and the principle of due process.
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UN Agent Criticizes Corporations on Indigenous Rights
July 27, 2017
On the sidelines of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz warned that the rights of indigenous peoples across the globe are "not in a very good state" due to corporations that want access to natural resources beneath their land.
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IBA Releases Handbook on BHR "Due Diligence"
July 26, 2017
The International Bar Association (IBA) has released a handbook guiding corporate lawyers to incorporate human rights due diligence practices into their clients' commercial transactions in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
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WHO Criticizes Policy "Interference" of Tobacco Industry
July 26, 2017
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) furthers the UN agency's broad campaign against noncommunicable diseases by calling on governments to implement all provisions of the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control into national policy and pushing against "interference" by the tobacco industry in policymaking.
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