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Attorney Praises Growing Influence of UNGPs
June 28, 2016
Sarah Altschuller of Foley Hoag LLP surveys the progress of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and governments' adoption and consideration of national BHR action plans in influencing the conduct of businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the past five years.
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Article Pushes Carbon Tax to Reach UN Climate Targets
June 27, 2016
Two representatives of the Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change assert that national commitments under the recent UN climate deal are not enough to prevent catastrophic climate change and that therefore countries must introduce a coordinated tax on carbon emissions to counter global warming.
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UN Seeks BHR Action in State-Owned Businesses
June 27, 2016
The UN Working Group on business and human rights issues has published a report calling for governments to do more to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the operations of state-owned enterprises.
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Article Laments "Minimal" Progress of UNGPs
June 27, 2016
Finding little progress in the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the first five years after their adoption, Jérôme Chaplier of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice calls for more state action, including through "robust" national action plans, to advance the UNGPs.
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UN Official Seeks SDG Action by Internet Companies
June 27, 2016
At the European Internet Governance Forum in Brussels, Frank la Rue of UNESCO called on internet companies to help fulfill the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals by improving access to the internet in a manner compatible with the UN's human rights agenda.
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