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Introduction

During the past few decades, with limited success, the United Nations Secretariat, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN human rights treaty committees, activists, non-governmental agencies, and foundations have encouraged national governments to protect and promote human rights. However, it has become clear that national governments no longer have the resources to fund the realization of economic rights, such as the right to housing, the right to education, the right to work, the right to social security, the right to a clean and safe environment, and the right to health. As a result, the UN human rights system and its supporters are now expecting transnational corporations to "respect" human rights, which, depending on one's perspective, can mean anything from obeying national laws protecting the civil and political rights of citizens to the limitless funding of a broad range of ambiguous economic, social, and cultural rights. This section covers the UN's growing "business and human rights" agenda, which works in the context of a complex adaptive matrix of human rights governance networks.

Business & Human Rights

U.K. NCP Examines Complaint on Security Firm Activities

June 19, 2014

The U.K.'s National Contact Point ("NCP") for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has accepted for further examination parts of a complaint accusing a security firm of financing security equipment used to violate the human rights of Palestinians.
LSEG Joins UN Sustainability Initiative

June 19, 2014

The London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG") has announced that it will join the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative, which seeks "sustainable" investment opportunities and corporate reporting on environmental, social, and corporate governance issues.

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Business & Human Rights

U.K. NCP Examines Complaint on Security Firm Activities

June 19, 2014

LSEG Joins UN Sustainability Initiative

June 19, 2014

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