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NGOs Produce Expansive Corporate Crime Principles
October 19, 2016
The nongovernmental organizations Amnesty International and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable have engaged a set of legal experts to produce principles encouraging the prosecution of multinational corporations for alleged overseas human rights abuses in line with the global business and human rights agenda.
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UN Agents Call for Global Body to Fight Tax "Secrecy"
October 19, 2016
Arguing that individuals and corporations avoiding taxes by storing money in offshore accounts are "effectively stealing from the public," a group of UN human rights agents has called for the creation of a UN body that would combat "tax haven secrecy" and "regulate the fiscal activities of offshore companies."
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UN Agent Raises Concerns with Yahoo Email Searches
October 19, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye has warned that internet company Yahoo's reported compliance with requests by US agencies to search the email accounts of hundreds of millions of customers raises "serious human rights concerns."
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NGOs Criticize Airline Emissions Deal
October 19, 2016
The Guardian reports that environmental groups are criticizing a deal recently agreed by the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization to force airlines to fund climate-friendly projects to offset their carbon emissions, including three-year "review periods" to monitor progress, for failing to reduce demand or raise prices for fossil fuel use.
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UN Webinar Calls for BHR Training
October 19, 2016
Supported by the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility, the UN Global Compact has released a webinar to assist companies in the design of employee training sessions on how to comply with the global business and human rights agenda.
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