Business & Human Rights

NGOs Resign from Canadian Advisory Body on Business Conduct

July 25, 2019

Representatives from nongovernmental organizations and labor unions on a Canadian advisory body for responsible business conduct have announced their resignation from the entity due to Canadian officials’ decision to limit the independence and investigatory powers of a new Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
NGO Creates “Checklist” of BHR Standards for Indigenous Rights

July 25, 2019

The Danish Institute for Human Rights has created a “due diligence checklist” guiding corporations on how to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) with respect to the treatment of indigenous peoples.
UN Working Group Publishes Revised Draft of BHR Treaty

July 24, 2019

The intergovernmental working group charged with developing a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) has produced a revised draft that includes provisions for states to submit BHR disputes to the International Court of Justice and calls on states to establish liability for core BHR crimes.
NGOs Accuse AIIB of Abandoning Climate Pledges

July 24, 2019

A group of nongovernmental organizations is accusing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) of failing to abide by its commitments to prioritize renewable energy projects over fossil fuels and is calling on the development bank to release a roadmap showing how it will align its policies with the UN’s Paris climate accord.
Report Finds Increasing Resort to Climate Litigation

July 24, 2019

A research institute at the London School of Economics has published a report finding that activists are increasingly turning to strategic litigation to force governments and the “highest greenhouse-gas-emitting companies” to reduce emissions to prevent global warming, often using a human-rights basis for their lawsuits.