UN-BHR

NGOs Push for Australian BHR Action Plan

August 29, 2016

Amy Sinclair of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights writes that Australia should take heed of a recent meeting on business and human rights by the Australian Human Rights Commission and UN-affiliated Global Compact Network Australia and develop a national action plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
NGO Pushes for BHR Focus in Migrant Support

August 10, 2016

A submission from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants outlines how the nongovernmental organization is pushing for companies to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in promoting the rights and "economic security" of refugees and migrants around the world.
New Zealand Commission Hosts BHR Forum

August 09, 2016

Partnering with the nongovernmental organization Shift, which helped craft the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission is hosting a Business and Human Rights Forum at the country's Parliament that will push New Zealand businesses to implement the global BHR agenda.
Italy Seeks Consultation on BHR Action Plan

August 02, 2016

The Italian Interministerial Committee for Human Rights has published for consultation a draft national action plan on how it will implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and help fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
NGOs Condemn Company for Migrant Detention

July 27, 2016

Two nongovernmental organizations have published a report calling for investors in global services and infrastructure operator Ferrovial to end their relationship with what they deem to be the company's abuses of the UN's business and human rights agenda through its operation of offshore detention centers for migrants attempting to reach Australia.
NGOs Lay Groundwork for BHR Plan in Guatemala

July 27, 2016

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and a Guatemalan nongovernmental organization have announced their work toward a National Baseline Assessment of Guatemala's implementation of the global business and human rights agenda and their support of a "national action plan" on advancing BHR policies in the country.
Accountant Group Pushes BHR Due Diligence

July 22, 2016

In cooperation with the UN Global Compact Network UK, Chartered Global Management Account has produced a guide for management accountants to pressure their companies to perform due diligence in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and complying with international BHR reporting standards.
Harvard Journal Reviews Remedies for "Corporate Atrocities"

July 20, 2016

The Harvard International Law Journal has published a symposium reviewing proposals on worldwide jurisdiction for "corporate atrocity crimes" that includes a broad variety of articles considering how to establish remedies for violations of the global business and human rights agenda.
Symposium Article Calls for BHR Arbitration

July 19, 2016

As part of an online symposium hosted by the Harvard International Law Journal, attorneys Claes Cronstedt and Robert Thompson call for the extension of existing international arbitration bodies and standards to pressure corporations to bind themselves to arbitration decisions on the UN's business and human rights agenda.
NGOs Hold Seminar on Enforcing BHR Treaty

July 18, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations recently held a "legal seminar" in Brussels to discuss potential enforcement mechanisms for "access to justice" under a binding, global business and human rights treaty that is currently under negotiation at the UN.