UN-BHR

Sweden Adopts BHR Action Plan

September 01, 2015

In the latest advancement of the UN's agenda on business and human rights ("BHR"), the Swedish Government has issued a "national action plan" describing how it plans to implement the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
Paper Calls for "Global Framework Convention" on BHR

August 27, 2015

Finding that a "regulatory gap" exists in the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and that standards short of a global treaty do not have the potential to close this gap, Tori Loven Kirkebø argues in a recent paper that a "global framework convention" could regulate governments and corporations to the extent required to secure the protection of human rights from business.
Academic Seeks Obligations for Companies in International Law

August 27, 2015

Nicolás Carrillo-Santarelli of the La Sabana University in Colombia writes that the global business and human rights agenda's advancement depends largely upon the recognition, in his view, that corporations, rather than only governments, are subject directly to obligations under international human rights law.
OAS Takes up Global BHR Agenda

August 27, 2015

An article discusses how the various institutions of the international Organization of American States ("OAS"), including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, have recently begun to pursue the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda of the UN and international activists.
Survey Calls for More BHR Remedies in UK

August 26, 2015

Robert McCorquodale of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law has published a paper calling for the UK, in its next business and human rights ("BHR") national action plan, to create more mechanisms that grant remedies to alleged victims of BHR violations in the UK and abroad.
NGO Seeks Business Respect of "Right to Water"

August 26, 2015

Representatives from Oxfam America write that businesses must fulfill their responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by respecting the "right to water," through such actions as public commitments, impact assessments, and the establishment of grievance mechanisms.
Law Society Outlines Lawyer Role in BHR Agenda

August 14, 2015

Sarah Smith of the Law Society in the UK writes that in a world of "proliferating" standards and laws on business and human rights ("BHR"), including the UN Guiding Principles on BHR, attorneys are playing an increasing role in advising companies on risks from the BHR agenda.
NGOs Call for USAID Implementation of BHR Agenda

August 12, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") has called on the US State Department to include in its National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct provisions outlining the role of the US Agency for International Development ("USAID") in advancing the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in its projects around the world.
NGO Meeting Emphasizes "Climate Justice"-Human Rights Link

August 05, 2015

A workshop and side event hosted by the nongovernmental organizations the Business and Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Geneva called for businesses, investors, and governments to emphasize the link between countering climate change and the UN's agenda on BHR issues.
Former UN Official Calls for BHR Integration into "Climate Justice"

August 05, 2015

In a recent interview, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland Mary Robinson called for the global human rights agenda, including the UN's agenda on business and human rights ("BHR"), to be the basis of immediate collaboration that will decrease the world's greenhouse gas emissions to zero.