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WHO Works Toward "Fair Pricing" of Medicines
August 07, 2017
In an interview with Intellectual Property Watch, Marie-Paule Kieny of the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the UN agency's work in gathering stakeholders to agree on the global "fair price" of medicines and discussed the upcoming WHO publication of a database on the production costs of "essential medicines" to promote pricing transparency.
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ICRC Seeks Private Finance for Humanitarian Aid
August 07, 2017
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer writes that the ICRC's launch of the first "humanitarian impact bond" must be the beginning of a "paradigmatic shift" in which financial institutions around the world invest private financing in humanitarian aid.
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Venezuelan Legislator Criticizes Bond Purchase
August 07, 2017
An article on PanAm Post reports on a letter sent from Venezuelan National Assembly President Julio Borges to Goldman Sachs expressing "outrage" at the financial company's deal with the country's President Nicolás Maduro to buy $2.8 billion of bonds in Venezuela's state oil company, arguing that the move violates Goldman Sachs' human rights policies.
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Academic Calls for Lawyer Guidance on "Climate Justice"
August 07, 2017
Sara Seck of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes on progress by the International Bar Association and others in developing business and human rights (BHR) guidance for attorneys and calls for more activity linking this global BHR legal movement with lawyer action promoting "climate justice."
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Rising SDG Costs Force Pressure on Businesses for Funding
August 07, 2017
Shanta Rao reports that, as UN and other officials continue to raise the price tag on the necessary annual funding to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from hundreds of billions to trillions, countries are increasingly seeking to place pressure on businesses to make substantial contributions to the comprehensive social and environmental agenda.
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