Business & Human Rights

Switzerland Adopts CSR Action Plan

July 01, 2015

As pressure builds from Swiss nongovernmental organizations for a national action plan on the UN's business and human rights agenda, the Swiss Government has published a plan outlining its commitment to corporate social responsibility ("CSR") standards.
NGOs Push Remedies for BHR Violations

July 01, 2015

Two nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") that push for global recognition of the UN business and human rights ("BHR") agenda are forming a joint project calling for countries to eliminate barriers to judicial and nonjudicial remedies for alleged victims of BHR violations.
NGO: Corporate Lawyers Need Human Rights Expertise

June 26, 2015

As a growing number of law organizations promote a duty of attorneys to push the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, Lise Smit of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law writes that corporate lawyers must develop the knowledge to advise their clients on human rights due diligence.
NHRI Committee Calls for Binding BHR Treaty

June 26, 2015

Finding an escalation in corporate business and human rights ("BHR") violations despite the UN Guiding Principles on BHR, a committee of National Human Rights Institutions ("NHRIs") has supported the development of a legally binding BHR treaty that would apply both to transnational and domestic businesses.
Paper Calls for "Non-National" BHR Enforcement Mechanisms

June 26, 2015

A paper by Nicolás Zambrana Tévar of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management argues that the development of "non-national enforcement mechanisms," such as mediation and arbitration, could be useful in solving business and human rights ("BHR") disputes in the context of transnational businesses.