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Academic: BHR Treaty Should Build on Environmental Precedent
July 16, 2015
Sara Seck of the Faculty of Law at Western University in Canada writes that the working group developing a binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty should consider the past work of the International Law Commission concerning international environmental law, arguing that environmental harm is often closely tied to violations of human rights.
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MEPs Develop Comprehensive EU Product Reporting Proposals
July 15, 2015
The Guardian reports that a group of Members of the European Parliament ("MEPs") have developed a proposal for requirements, by the year 2019, for industries across the bloc to report on the environmental footprint of all their products, as officials seek to create "binding targets on resource efficiency."
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Academic Discusses Inclusion of Criminal Liability in BHR Treaty
July 15, 2015
At a recent conference in Madrid, Dr. Nadia Bernaz of Middlesex University School of Law explored the possibility of including provisions on the criminal liability of corporations for "international crimes" under a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") currently under negotiation by an intergovernmental working group.
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Global Security Company Organization Adopts Certification Procedure
July 15, 2015
The General Assembly of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association - an organization of businesses, governments, and civil society groups organized to monitor and govern the private security industry - has approved a certification procedure for its industry members.
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ICAR Outlines Preferred BHR Treaty Areas
July 15, 2015
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ("ICAR") has issued a series of submissions to the working group charged with developing a UN binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues, calling for the treaty to push the use of extraterritorial jurisdiction to prevent BHR violations and the insertion of due diligence provisions in financial regulations.
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