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NGOs Seek Strict Global Aviation Emissions Deal
August 25, 2016
Reuters reports that environmental activists have warned the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization that proposals to "water down" a global deal to reduce aircraft emissions, to be agreed by October, by making participation in the plan voluntary for the first five years would be insufficient to fulfill the UN agenda on countering global warming.
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World Bank Approves Social, Environmental Framework
August 25, 2016
In an effort to comply with demands from activists for banks and development groups to advance the global human rights and environmental agendas in their project financing, the World Bank has published a new Environmental and Social Framework that funds environmental and human rights safeguards and a mechanism to address grievances related to its projects.
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UN Agents: Sports Organizers Must Restrict Food Ads
August 24, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteurs on the right to food and the right to health have released a statement calling on organizers of major sporting events, including the International Olympic Committee, to ban advertisements of "unhealthy foods" during their events.
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Development Bank Pushes Disclosure of Corporate Owners
August 17, 2016
Echoing calls from human rights activists who promote a global clampdown on corporate tax avoidance to fund their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, the African Development Bank Group is supporting international efforts to require the disclosure of corporate ownership in order to permit tax authorities to track the flow of business revenues.
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NGO Pushes for BHR Focus in Migrant Support
August 10, 2016
A submission from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants outlines how the nongovernmental organization is pushing for companies to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in promoting the rights and "economic security" of refugees and migrants around the world.
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