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UN Group Calls for BHR Inclusion in Development Goals
July 24, 2015
The Chairperson of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues has sent a letter to national representatives to the UN calling for the incorporation of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") in order to ensure the accountability of corporations within the SDG framework.
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NGO Seeks Support of "Holy Land" BHR Principles
July 23, 2015
A nongovernmental organization ("NGO") is calling for businesses that have agreed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and operate in the Israel-Palestine region to sign on to a set of "Holy Land Principles" setting out BHR-type requirements in the field of employment.
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NGO Article Calls for BHR National Action Plans
July 23, 2015
An article from leaders of a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") calls national action plans on business and human rights ("BHR") issues an "important new BHR governance tool" and explores how to increase the future success and credibility of such action plans to advance the UN BHR agenda.
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UN, OECD Expand Tax Inspector Network
July 23, 2015
The UN Development Programme and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") have scaled up a network called Tax Inspectors Without Borders to work with authorities in developing countries to ensure that corporations pay the appropriate amount of taxes.
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Canada Counters UN Committee on Overseas Corporate Conduct
July 22, 2015
At its recent review by the UN Human Rights Committee, the Canadian Government clashed with the Committee members over the country's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to Canadian natural resource companies, arguing that its treaty obligations do not apply to overseas corporate conduct.
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