Business & Human Rights

NGO, UN Agency Guidance Seeks Child Rights in NAPs

December 03, 2015

The UN Children's Fund ("UNICEF"), International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, and Danish Institute for Human Rights have published guidance on how countries should incorporate children's rights into national action plans ("NAPs") for implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Reuters: Investors Resist Adherence to ESG Agenda

December 02, 2015

Reuters reports that investors, while signing up for environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") principles such as the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, have shown "a patchy response, at best," in actually shifting their behavior on climate-related investment.
IBA Seeks Bar Association Push for BHR Agenda

December 02, 2015

The International Bar Association ("IBA") has released guidance to bar associations around the world on how to "promote, launch and develop" initiatives to advance the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") among lawyers in the business community.
NGOs Criticize EU Leaders on Corporate "Tax Dodging"

December 02, 2015

A group of European nongovernmental organizations has released a report criticizing EU institutions and member states for not taking corporations to task for avoiding the payment of taxes in developing countries.
Update Reveals Dissension on BHR Treaty

December 02, 2015

An update from Donald Robertson of Herbert Smith Freemills on the development of a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") reveals that governments, activists, and organizations working toward the development of the treaty disagree on such a treaty's objects and scope.