UN-BHR

AI: Private Development Must Comply with BHR Standards

July 29, 2015

In response to the encouragement by some governments for corporations to fund the UN development agenda, Amnesty International's ("AI") Savio Carvalho writes that governments must force businesses to prove that they comply with global standards on business and human rights ("BHR") before they are permitted to participate in development efforts.
UK Law Society Launches BHR Program

July 29, 2015

The UK Law Society has announced that it is the first bar association in the world to adopt a program on the implementation of UN business and human rights ("BHR") standards in the legal profession.
UN Initiative Seeks BHR Engagement Among Investors in Extractive Industry

July 27, 2015

The UN-supported initiative Principles for Responsible Investment has published a report calling for investors in the extractive industry to engage to a greater degree with companies to encourage them to implement the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
NYU Pushes BHR Agenda in Business Education

July 27, 2015

A profile published on MBA Today explains how the Center for Business and Human Rights ("BHR") at the New York University ("NYU") Stern School of Business has integrated the UN's BHR agenda in business education.
NGO: Dutch Procurement Does Not Comply with BHR Agenda

July 27, 2015

A press release from the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") MVO Platform argues that the Dutch Government's procurement policies focus too much on environmental issues and should include a greater focus on whether companies comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
UN Group Calls for BHR Inclusion in Development Goals

July 24, 2015

The Chairperson of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues has sent a letter to national representatives to the UN calling for the incorporation of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") in order to ensure the accountability of corporations within the SDG framework.
NGO Seeks Support of "Holy Land" BHR Principles

July 23, 2015

A nongovernmental organization ("NGO") is calling for businesses that have agreed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and operate in the Israel-Palestine region to sign on to a set of "Holy Land Principles" setting out BHR-type requirements in the field of employment.
NGO Article Calls for BHR National Action Plans

July 23, 2015

An article from leaders of a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") calls national action plans on business and human rights ("BHR") issues an "important new BHR governance tool" and explores how to increase the future success and credibility of such action plans to advance the UN BHR agenda.
Workshop Pushes Human Rights as Basis for Climate Policies

July 22, 2015

A recent workshop co-hosted by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the University of Notre Dame Law School called for activists to highlight human rights as the basis of "climate justice" - that is, the push through legal liability and policy tools to force corporations to comply with the UN's agenda against climate change.
Meeting Explores Corporate Prosecution for International Crimes

July 22, 2015

A meeting hosted by the International Law Programme explored various potential means of holding corporations liable for international law crimes around the world, including through litigation, the International Criminal Court, and a new binding treaty on business and international crimes.