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NGO Bulletin Highlights "Climate Justice" Litigation
September 23, 2015
The most recent Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's quarterly bulletin on corporate legal accountability contains updates on court cases, against businesses and governments, in which litigants have claimed that corporations have violated their rights by contributing to climate change.
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Asia-Europe Meeting Pushes BHR Measures
September 23, 2015
A seminar held at the 2014 Asia-Europe Meeting, a gathering in Vietnam of 51 member states and regional organizations, focused on the implementation by members of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") through national action plans, regulations, and remedial measures.
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Official Proposes ASEAN Adoption of BHR Agenda
September 23, 2015
At a recent meeting, the Indonesian representative to the human rights commission of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN") called for regional adoption of the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in Asia through guidelines that would serve as a model for ASEAN countries.
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Law Society Pushes BHR Implementation in Legal Practice
September 23, 2015
President of the Law Society of England and Wales Jonathan Smithers says his organization is advising law firms and individual solicitors on the "practical implications" of the advancing UN agenda on business and human rights ("BHR") and how to implement this agenda in their practice of law.
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NGO Pushes Business Implementation of SDGs
September 23, 2015
In a recent interview, head of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Peter Bakker announced that his organization and partners will publish a guide on the role of businesses in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), set to be adopted at the end of September.
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