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ISO Promotes Universal Standards to Address Ageing
March 21, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has argued that governments should promote standardization in aspects of society ranging from city planning to information accessibility as a way to mitigate risks related to ageing populations and ensure respect for global human rights provisions related to the elderly.
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NGOs Call for BHR Treaty to Govern Trade Deals
March 20, 2017
An alliance of Catholic development organizations called CIDSE has commissioned a study proposing model clauses for a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) calling for such a treaty to include provisions requiring governments to recognize and respect the BHR agenda in all international trade and investment agreements.
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Academics Seek Global BHR Enforcement Mechanism
March 20, 2017
Dr. Kamil Ometoso of Coventry University and Dr. Hakeem Yusuf of the University of Birmingham assert that the shortcomings of national enforcement of laws governing business conduct signal the need for a global mechanism to hold transnational corporations accountable for their failure to implement the business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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BHR Activists Question Business Collaboration on Agenda
March 20, 2017
An article by former human rights consultant Michael Hobbes profiling the most recent UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (BHR) illustrates the growing disillusionment of some environmental and human rights activists with a strategy of collaboration with multinational corporations on implementing the BHR agenda.
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NGO Seeks Corporate Funding for Rights Agenda
March 20, 2017
The Center for Economic and Social Rights has called on the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights to assert in its "General Comment" on corporate tax and human rights that states have a duty under global human rights treaties to ensure that businesses contribute their "fair share of tax" to help fund the economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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