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NGOs Target Overseas Finance by Export Credit Agencies
August 07, 2019
The Bankwatch Network has published a blog entry calling for greater government oversight of export credit agencies, which the NGO coalition warns are stepping into spaces left by global development banks by facilitating investments in infrastructure projects in “politically volatile countries.”
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Academics Find State Duty to Regulate Labor in Supply Chains
August 07, 2019
A group of professors from Australian universities has published research on mandatory corporate forced-labor reporting schemes recently passed by such countries as Australia and the UK concluding that public authorities “cannot entirely outsource” their duties to regulate human rights in global supply chains.
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Analytics CEO Pushes for Global Water Governance
August 01, 2019
Elizabeth Taylor, the CEO of water data analytics company WaterLoom, characterizes the global governance of water as “the ideal case study” to prepare for cooperation on combating climate change and, for this purpose, pushes for more international data exchanges on water and the integration of water systems.
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WHO Evaluates Global Policies on Tobacco Use
August 01, 2019
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the “global tobacco epidemic” highlights the substantial and expanding focus of the WHO on pushing countries to implement policies targeting noncommunicable diseases such as those brought about through tobacco use.
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Attorneys Analyze Draft BHR Treaty Requirements
August 01, 2019
Attorneys from Hogan Lovells have published an overview of the latest draft of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR), which includes a requirement for states to impose mandatory “human rights due diligence” procedures on businesses and to criminalize a core set of rights violations.
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