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OECD Forum Considers Response to Panama Papers
April 22, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has announced that it held a meeting of its Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration Network to discuss increased sharing of corporate financial information in response to the "Panama Papers" leak of data on offshore funds.
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IHRB Guides Kenya on BHR Action Plan
April 22, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Institute for Human Rights and Business ("IHRB") has developed a guide for the Government of Kenya on how best to develop a national action plan implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in the country.
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Oxfam Calls for Global Response to US Corporate Tax Avoidance
April 22, 2016
Pointing to the use by large US corporations of offshore subsidiaries to store their funds, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam has called for governments around the world to collaborate "to end the era of tax havens" to fund the UN's social and environmental rights agenda and has argued for US corporate financial reporting on a country-by-country basis.
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Swiss BHR Initiative Clears Procedural Hurdle
April 22, 2016
A Swiss citizens' initiative launched by a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to require Swiss-based businesses to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence in their foreign operations, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR"), has garnered enough signatures to require consideration by the Swiss Government.
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NGO Agrees to Develop BHR Action Plan for Mexico
April 21, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Danish Institute for Human Rights has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas to develop a National Programme on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") that implements UN and other global BHR standards among businesses operating in the country.
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