Business & Human Rights

NGO Paper Considers Wide Range of BHR Treaty Options

July 10, 2015

A white paper produced by the Institute for Human Rights and Business demonstrates the wide scope of potential provisions in a binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty, including "establishing international criminal jurisdiction" for BHR violators and the individual right to bring cases before international BHR tribunals.
Activists Call for UN Body to Promote "Tax Justice"

July 10, 2015

A group of activists, attorneys, and academics have issued a declaration calling for a UN body to reform global tax rules to ensure that businesses around the world are sufficiently contributing to the realization of "economic, social, and cultural human rights."
Academic: Binding BHR Treaty Should Focus on "Victims"

July 09, 2015

Surya Deva of the City University of Hong Kong School of Law has faulted the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") for insufficient focus on the needs of victims of BHR violations and has called for a binding treaty on BHR issues to be based on the "regulatory needs" of victims.
Article Indicates Difficulty of Conflict Minerals Compliance

July 09, 2015

Journalist Hailey Lynne McKeefry writes that technology companies, which are investigating their African supply chains to fulfill their legal responsibilities to report on their use of "conflict minerals" under the US Dodd-Frank Act, are finding it more difficult to comply with the regulation than expected.
Business Initiative Calls for National BHR Action Plans

July 09, 2015

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights, comprised of 18 multinational enterprises, has called for countries to develop coherent and credible national action plans on business and human rights ("BHR") in order to advance the UN's BHR agenda around the world.