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BHR Advocate Outlines Agenda Under Trump
February 23, 2017
Anthony Ewing of Logos Consulting Group sets out a comprehensive agenda for corporations to manage their business and human rights (BHR) impacts under the Trump Administration and to resist and challenge alleged BHR violations by Administration officials.
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Ruggie Calls for "Socially Sustainable" Supply Chains
February 22, 2017
At the recent G20 group of countries' meeting in Hamburg, Harvard Professor John Ruggie called on attendees to use his UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) as a "roadmap" toward building "socially sustainable" global supply chains and advancing the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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Pension Funds Face Pressure on Israeli Investments
February 21, 2017
Media and research center Danwatch reports that, despite the opposition of the global business and human rights movement toward corporate ties to Israeli settlements, the five largest pension funds in Europe have €7.5 billion invested in companies with operations "in and around illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories."
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Lawyers Outline Global Efforts Toward BHR Remedies
February 21, 2017
Attorneys of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP review efforts by international organizations and activists to sidestep traditional judicial mechanisms in seeking remedies for alleged corporate violations of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda, including by establishing a global tribunal to decide BHR disputes.
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ICC Petition Targets Australian Detention Facilities
February 21, 2017
The Guardian reports that two human rights organizations have submitted a petition calling on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate potential "crimes against humanity committed by individuals and corporate actors" operating private detention facilities that house undocumented migrants on islands off the coast of Australia.
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