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NGO Criticizes OECD Contact Points for Limiting Remedies
June 19, 2019
The nongovernmental organization OECD Watch has issued a report concluding that National Contact Points (NCPs) set up under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises have not been fulfilling their role in granting remedies to alleged victims of corporate abuse and calls for a revision of the Guidelines to boost the remedial function of NCPs.
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UN, IRENA Sign Deal to Advance SDGs, Climate Action
June 19, 2019
The UN Development Programme and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have agreed to partner on promoting the UN’s comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and encouraging funding for the deployment of renewable energy sources in developing countries to help fulfill the UN’s Paris climate deal.
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UN Observers Push for Rights-Centered Tech Development
June 19, 2019
At a human rights conference in Tunis organized by nongovernmental organization AccessNow, UN human rights observers called for companies to place the international human rights agenda at the center of their efforts to develop technology with impacts on the “digital space.”
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UN Agents Demand ILO Recognize Global Right to Safe, Healthy Work
June 19, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to adopt the right to “safe and healthy working conditions” as a fundamental right of workers worldwide.
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NGOs: French Companies Failed to Comply with “Duty of Vigilance”
June 19, 2019
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has published a report criticizing French companies for their failure to fully comply with the country’s new “duty of vigilance” law and calling for the introduction of a binding global business and human rights (BHR) treaty to remedy shortcomings in BHR enforcement.
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