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Report Calls for “Due Diligence” in Natural Resource Extraction
July 19, 2017
Dr. Carolijn Terwindt and Christian Schliemann call for companies and governments to implement “due diligence” policies when funding natural resource extraction projects to and consider cutting their finance of such projects in cases of "repression" or "stigmatization" of human rights defenders.
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Human Rights Leaders Call for “Transformative” Policy Changes
July 19, 2017
Speakers at a recent event on human rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hosted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights called for the public and private sectors to incorporate human rights goals into their policies, including through corporate human rights impact assessments, “to unleash the transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda.”
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Development Banks Seek Private Funds for SDGs
July 18, 2017
At a recent Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, D.C., a group of leading multilateral development banks issued a joint statement pledging cooperation in funneling private investment toward the realization of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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World Bank Official Underlines Push for Private SDG Funding
July 18, 2017
Remarks by World Bank Group Senior Vice President Mahmoud Mohieldin at a "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Financing Lab" event indicate the prioritization at the global development bank of ramping up investment from the private sector in realizing the UN's comprehensive social and environmental agenda for the year 2030.
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UN Body Calls for Australia to Embrace BHR Agenda
July 18, 2017
In a recent report, the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights has urged the Australian government to adopt a national action plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) and to impose liability on businesses that fail to perform "due diligence" regarding their global BHR impacts.
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