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Kenya Rights Commission Scrutinizes Mining Sector
August 26, 2016
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has launched a probe of companies in the country's mining sector to investigate allegations that these businesses violate land, labor, and environmental rights of various stakeholders.
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World Bank Offers Course on Resource Governance
August 25, 2016
The World Bank and a group of nongovernmental organizations have introduced an online course to educate investment managers on best practices in the governance of natural resources in the oil, gas, and mining sectors.
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NGOs Seek Strict Global Aviation Emissions Deal
August 25, 2016
Reuters reports that environmental activists have warned the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization that proposals to "water down" a global deal to reduce aircraft emissions, to be agreed by October, by making participation in the plan voluntary for the first five years would be insufficient to fulfill the UN agenda on countering global warming.
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World Bank Approves Social, Environmental Framework
August 25, 2016
In an effort to comply with demands from activists for banks and development groups to advance the global human rights and environmental agendas in their project financing, the World Bank has published a new Environmental and Social Framework that funds environmental and human rights safeguards and a mechanism to address grievances related to its projects.
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UN Agents: Sports Organizers Must Restrict Food Ads
August 24, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteurs on the right to food and the right to health have released a statement calling on organizers of major sporting events, including the International Olympic Committee, to ban advertisements of "unhealthy foods" during their events.
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