Business & Human Rights

UN Releases Guidance for Businesses on Children's Rights

December 03, 2014

The UN Children's Fund ("UNICEF") has published guidance to businesses around the world in using UNICEF's Children's Rights and Business Principles to advance and protect the "civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights" of children, including in companies' supply chains.
Activists Praise U.K. Extractive Transparency Law

December 03, 2014

The nongovernmental organization Publish What You Pay has praised the U.K.'s enactment of legislation requiring companies in the extractive industry to report all payments to governments, as it argues the measure will pressure developing countries to provide more money for economic and social rights.
UN Agent Seeks Advancement of Binding BHR Treaty

December 03, 2014

In recent remarks, Member of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues Dr. Puvan Selvanathan argued that only a legally binding, UN-administered treaty could demonstrate a global commitment to preventing and remedying alleged corporate human rights violations.
NGO Releases "E-learning" Tool on BHR Agenda

December 03, 2014

The nongovernmental organization ("NGO") the Danish Institute for Human Rights has published an electronic learning tool targeting national human rights institutions around the world in advancing the UN's agenda on business and human rights ("BHR").
UN Launches Initiative to Push Corporate Boards on Sustainability

November 26, 2014

The UN Global Compact has announced a new Global Compact Board Programme that will pressure members of corporate boards of directors around the world to accept and promote the UN's agenda on non-financial, "sustainability" issues in business operations.