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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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UN Agents Warn Against Peruvian Oil Deal
July 26, 2017
Two UN human rights mandate holders have called on the Peruvian government to cease negotiations for oil rights in a region of the country until they have obtained the "free, prior and informed consent" of indigenous peoples living in the area in line with global human rights standards.
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Roundtable Focuses on BHR Treaty Strategy
July 26, 2017
In the lead-up to a third working session on the development of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR), a group of BHR advocates gathered in London to discuss the best diplomatic approach to the negotiation of the treaty to ensure adoption and implementation of BHR principles by businesses around the world.
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UN, GSMA Partner on Mobile Initiative for SDGs
July 26, 2017
The UN Development Program and GSMA, a global trade organization for mobile operators, have announced a partnership in which they will "consider new business models and mechanisms" to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and determine how best to use mobile technology to achieve the wide-ranging UN social and environmental agenda.
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