Surveillance Capitalism

NGO: Governments Should Assist Foreign Nationals in BHR Cases

April 19, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has published an article calling on governments to assist foreign nationals seeking to sue transnational companies for alleged business and human rights (BHR) violations.
FRA Issues Opinion on Potential EU BHR Policies

April 12, 2017

At the request of the EU Council, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issued an official Opinion on how the EU can coordinate policy between member states on business and human rights issues in order to improve victims’ access to remedies.
UK Parliament Committee Recommends Enforceable BHR Penalties

April 12, 2017

The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has released a report on the country’s progress in achieving Business and Human Rights (BHR) goals, concluding that companies and affiliated parent companies should be required to “prevent human rights abuses” or face substantial penalties.
New Climate Report Urges Massive Carbon Cuts by 2020

April 12, 2017

Global climate initiative Mission 2020 has released a report arguing that nations must implement drastic reductions in carbon emissions, including requiring all new transportation in major cities to be “zero-carbon” by 2020, to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals for climate change.
UN Committee Seeks to Engage Business in Reaching SDGs

April 12, 2017

The UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration will meet 24-28 April to equip member state governments to successfully implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with businesses and civil society.
Professor: Brexit Could Worsen “Modern Slavery” in UK

April 05, 2017

Professor Andrew Crane of the University of Bath has warned that the decrease in legal immigration to the UK as a result of the country leaving the EU will likely increase demand for trafficked labor and contribute to other exploitive business practices.
NGO Chief Calls for Global Agreement on “Modern Slavery”

April 05, 2017

Phil Bloomer of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has proposed a “Global Modern Slavery Agreement” that would set out international standards for “mandatory transparency, mandatory due diligence, incentives for action, and access to justice and remedy” required of businesses to combat forced labor around the world.
ILO Calls for BHR “Due Diligence” to Protect Indigenous Peoples

April 05, 2017

As part of its revision of its Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls on companies to address business and human rights (BHR) concerns regarding indigenous and tribal peoples by performing “due diligence.”
UN Focuses BHR Forum on Access to Remedies

April 05, 2017

The Secretariat of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (BHR) has announced that the central theme for its November 2017 meetings will be “Realizing Access to Remedy,” where stakeholders will discuss how to improve the availability and efficacy of grievance mechanisms used to remedy alleged BHR violations by transnational companies.
FIFA Human Rights Board Holds First Meeting

March 30, 2017

After its first meeting in Switzerland, the International Federation of Association Football's (FIFA) Human Rights Advisory Board, made up of representatives from the UN, unions, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses, issued a statement indicating how it plans to place pressure on FIFA to fulfill the global business and human rights agenda.