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UN Official Stresses Taxation for Development
December 18, 2015
Echoing the calls of human-rights and environmental activists for greater mandated contributions from businesses to the realization of their rights and development goals, President of the UN Economic and Social Council Oh Joon called for international cooperation among governments to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance in order to fund development.
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Activist Calls for More Comprehensive BHR Reach
December 17, 2015
Amol Mehra of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable has called for the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues and others to "scale up" their education efforts in the UN system and with other international organizations regarding how international trade and other policies affect the BHR agenda.
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EU Proposal Makes Tech Firms Liable for "Radical" Content
December 17, 2015
The European Parliament has adopted a proposal making internet companies criminally liable under EU law for failing to remove "radical content" that, in the view of authorities, promotes terrorism.
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Academic Calls for "Pluralistic" Approach to BHR
December 17, 2015
Assistant Professor Jernej Cernic from Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, writes that advocates of businesses and human rights ("BHR") must adopt a "pluralistic" approach to advancing their agenda, focused both on regulation of business conduct and access to remedies by alleged BHR victims.
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US Supreme Court Rejects Colombia Human-Rights Appeal
December 16, 2015
The US Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal from a dismissal of a human-rights lawsuit in which plaintiffs accused US-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. and AirScan Inc. of cooperating with Colombian authorities in their bombing of a village near an Occidental pipeline in that country.
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