BHR

NGO Seeks "Due Diligence" on Recruitment Processes

August 03, 2017

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has produced global guidance calling for corporations to perform "human rights due diligence" throughout their recruitment process and suppliers to eliminate forced labor and "ethical recruitment" of migrant workers.
UEFA Embeds BHR Principles in Bidding Process

August 03, 2017

The human rights activist coalition Sports and Rights Alliance has praised the decision of European soccer's governing body UEFA to embed business and human rights (BHR) principles into their bidding requirements for major sporting events by pledging to consider compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on BHR as part of the bidding process.
NGO: Australia Should Require Due Diligence in Supply Chains

August 03, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Law Centre has urged the Australian government to require companies to perform human rights "due diligence" across their foreign supply chains as a step toward fulfilling the country’s “international obligations” under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
NGO Calls for BHR Treaty to Regulate Trade Deals

August 01, 2017

A report from CIDSE, a network of Catholic social justice organizations, calls for any future UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) to force countries negotiating trade and investment agreements to take into account global BHR principles, including requiring governments to perform a "human rights impact assessment" before concluding any trade deal.
UN Independent Experts Critique Peru on BHR

July 27, 2017

Following a 10-day visit to the country, a group of UN human rights mandate holders called on the Peruvian government to reform its handling of "social conflicts" related to business operations and called for "a new mechanism to protect human rights defenders" in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
IBA Releases Handbook on BHR "Due Diligence"

July 26, 2017

The International Bar Association (IBA) has released a handbook guiding corporate lawyers to incorporate human rights due diligence practices into their clients' commercial transactions in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
UN Agents Warn Against Peruvian Oil Deal

July 26, 2017

Two UN human rights mandate holders have called on the Peruvian government to cease negotiations for oil rights in a region of the country until they have obtained the "free, prior and informed consent" of indigenous peoples living in the area in line with global human rights standards.
Roundtable Focuses on BHR Treaty Strategy

July 26, 2017

In the lead-up to a third working session on the development of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR), a group of BHR advocates gathered in London to discuss the best diplomatic approach to the negotiation of the treaty to ensure adoption and implementation of BHR principles by businesses around the world.
NGO Targets Tobacco Company over BHR Principles

July 24, 2017

Human Rights Watch has published a call for shareholders of British American Tobacco to pressure the company to perform "due diligence" to prevent negative human rights impacts in its global supply chain, including in the US, and to publicly report its progress on addressing violations of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
NGOs Seek BHR Pressure by Clean Energy Investors

July 21, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has launched an "investor briefing" counseling financiers of renewable energy projects on tools they should use, such as human rights "due diligence" and monitoring, to ensure that these projects comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).