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NGOs Target "Inequality" Using BHR Agenda
December 20, 2016
Dina Medland writes that the London think tank Institute for Human Rights and Business's list of the top ten business and human rights (BHR) issues prioritizes economic inequality as the most important obstacle to be tackled to achieve the global BHR agenda.
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NGO Seeks BHR Provisions in Post-Brexit Trade Deals
December 20, 2016
James Dobson from UK think tank Bright Blue has called on the British Government to establish a Human Rights Advisory Committee with the purpose of, among other things, pressuring negotiators to include in post-Brexit international trade deals provisions implementing the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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UN Agency Publishes Guide to "Inclusive" Workplaces
December 20, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has published global guidance for businesses on how to contribute to "diversity and inclusion through workplace adjustments" designed to promote the economic and social human rights of workers by accommodating their "individual characteristics."
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OECD, UN Mark African Tax Cooperation Deal
December 19, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN Development Programme have announced the first "South-South cooperation pact" in their Tax Inspectors Without Borders program, between Botswana and Kenya, under which tax inspectors help countries clamp down on corporate tax avoidance in the developing world.
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NGO: Reform Tax Policies to Respect Women's Rights
December 19, 2016
A report from nongovernmental organization ActionAid pushes governments across the globe to force businesses to pay their "fair share" toward "gender responsive" public services aiming to fulfill women's human rights and to perform impact assessments on how tax and spending policies affect women.
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