Business & Human Rights

NGO Calls for BHR Prosecution by African Court of Justice

April 15, 2015

John Paul Ongeso of the African Legal Centre writes that in light of the limited impact so far of international business and human rights ("BHR") initiatives, the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights should take up the prosecution of BHR cases against corporations.
NYU Program Calls on IBA to Strengthen BHR Guidance

April 15, 2015

Michael Posner and Sarah Labowitz of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights ("BHR") have published a letter calling on the International Bar Association ("IBA") to amend its bar association BHR guidance to focus its approach on "substantive industry standards" rather than internal processes.
Academics Seek University Fossil Fuel Divestment

April 14, 2015

The Guardian reports that a group of academics, called Academics Stand Against Poverty, has issued a statement calling for universities and financial trusts to remove their investments from the fossil fuel industry in order to prevent global warming.
NGO Produces BHR Guide to South Africa

April 14, 2015

The Danish Institute for Human Rights and the South African Human Rights Commission have published a Human Rights and Business ("BHR") Country Guide to South Africa as part of the global effort to push businesses and governments to advance the UN's BHR agenda.
Law Firm Launches BHR Due Diligence Project

April 13, 2015

The law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law have launched a project that will examine "best practices" for corporations in performing "due diligence" to implement the international business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.