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NGOs Call for UNHRC Pressure on South Africa Mining
October 31, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations have urged the UN Human Rights Council, as part of its 2017 Universal Periodic Review of South Africa, to pressure the country to impose expansive restrictions on mining activity within its territory to address the industry's social and environmental impacts in line with the UN's business and human rights agenda.
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NGOs Seek EU Advancement of BHR Agenda
October 31, 2016
Representatives from a set of European nongovernmental organizations have published an article calling on the European Commission to impose legal obligations on companies throughout the EU to respect human rights and to require member states to grant alleged victims remedies for corporate violations of the global business and human rights agenda.
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Academic Details French BHR Reporting Efforts
October 31, 2016
At a conference on business and human rights in Seville, Spain, Dr. Nadia Bernaz of the Middlesex University School of Law describes evolving efforts by French politicians to impose requirements on businesses in the country to report their efforts to reduce their human rights and environmental impacts in line with the global BHR agenda.
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OECD, NGOs Push "Sustainability" Standards in India
October 31, 2016
Vaidehi Shah describes the efforts of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the nongovernmental organization Centre for Responsible Business to persuade Indian businesses to bind themselves to global standards on advancing the UN's business and human rights and "sustainability" agenda.
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UN Agent Calls for Global Governance of Taxation
October 28, 2016
UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has called for the UN General Assembly to create a global body to fight tax avoidance by transnational corporations and to develop a "binding legal instrument" requiring companies to pay taxes where they generate profits to help fulfill the UN's expansive human rights agenda.
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