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Development Bank Pushes Disclosure of Corporate Owners
August 17, 2016
Echoing calls from human rights activists who promote a global clampdown on corporate tax avoidance to fund their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, the African Development Bank Group is supporting international efforts to require the disclosure of corporate ownership in order to permit tax authorities to track the flow of business revenues.
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NGO Pushes for BHR Focus in Migrant Support
August 10, 2016
A submission from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants outlines how the nongovernmental organization is pushing for companies to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in promoting the rights and "economic security" of refugees and migrants around the world.
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OECD Commissions Conflict Minerals Review
August 10, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has commissioned consulting company Kumi to assess the extent to which industry programs are implementing the OECD's Due Diligence Guidance on the use of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa.
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International Group Creates Model Security Clauses
August 10, 2016
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, an organization of governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations that develops corporate standards on security issues, has published a set of model clauses for security agreements between governments and companies in the extractive and energy industries.
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NGO Releases Database on "Surveillance Industry"
August 10, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Privacy International has published a searchable database of information on companies that produce surveillance tools and on the products, including "communications intelligence, intrusive spyware, and internet monitoring tools," that such companies have exported to foreign governments.
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