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International Tribunal Finds Corporate Criminal Liability
November 05, 2014
A human rights blog has praised a ruling of the UN-created Special Tribunal for Lebanon that corporations can be found criminally liable for contempt under international law as a potential precedent for extending criminal liability of corporations for alleged human rights violations.
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Ecuador Seeks BHR Treaty to Rein in Transnational Corporations
November 05, 2014
Foreign Affairs Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patiño writes that Ecuador is seeking a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") in order to reform the "unfair world order" by holding transnational businesses to account for "arbitrary actions of corporate power."
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ECCJ: EU Denies Rights to International Corporate Justice
November 05, 2014
The European Coalition for Corporate Justice ("ECCJ") argues that the EU must do more to require member states to permit foreign litigation based on claims of corporate human violations in the countries where these corporations are based.
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IBA Pushes Guiding Principles in Global Legal Community
October 29, 2014
The International Bar Association ("IBA") has released a report calling for bar associations around the world to promote the use of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in lawyers' advice to their business clients.
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UN Calls for Global Governance of Private Security
October 29, 2014
Dismissing the convictions in the U.S. of four private military contractors for the killing of Iraqi civilians as "the exception, not the rule," the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has called for an international treaty to govern private military and security corporations.
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