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HRW Calls for Binding UN Treaty on Business Supply Chains
June 01, 2016
A Human Rights Watch report calls on countries at the 2016 International Labour Conference in Geneva to seek the development of a binding UN treaty requiring that businesses perform due diligence in investigating potential human rights issues in their global supply chains.
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NGOs Launch Government BHR Reporting Initiative
May 25, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative and Danish Institute for Human Rights have launched an initiative that pushes governments to report their progress toward a national action plan on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and toward implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Paper Encourages Judges to Require Climate Action
May 23, 2016
David Estrin of the Centre for International Governance Innovation calls on courts to use citizen lawsuits as vehicles to require government actors to regulate corporate greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the impacts of climate change.
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Canada, China, and India Sign OECD Tax Agreement
May 20, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has announced that six new countries, including Canada, China, and India, have joined 33 others in signing an international agreement that promotes the automatic sharing of multinational corporations' tax information among jurisdictions around the world.
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Indian Tribunal Requires Local Support of Hydroelectric Project
May 20, 2016
Firstpost reports that the Indian National Green Tribunal has concluded that, in line with UN and activist calls for local consultation and support prior to development projects, the people of the small Lippa Village in India must have a say over whether authorities can proceed with a hydroelectric power project in their area.
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