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EU Regulation Imposes Transparency Mandate on Tech Companies
June 19, 2019
The EU institutions have passed a regulation requiring tech companies to provide “transparent terms and conditions” to business customers on online platforms and to offer “effective possibilities of redress,” including an internal mechanism for handling complaints, when these terms are violated.
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Facebook Sparks Criticism by Disabling Search Function
June 18, 2019
Sam Dubberley, a special advisor to Amnesty International’s Crisis Response team, highlights the pressures on the tech industry to support the global human rights agenda in an op-ed calling on Facebook to reverse its “betrayal” of the human rights community by ending a function that allowed NGOs to find evidence of rights violations.
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NGO Organizes Investor Call for Climate Reporting
June 18, 2019
Bloomberg reports that the Carbon Disclosure Project, a nongovernmental initiative that provides a framework for companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions levels, has corralled a group of investors managing a combined $10 trillion in assets to pressure businesses to provide more information on their climate impacts.
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Consultant Pushes for Ongoing Rights Monitoring in Trade Deals
June 13, 2019
Business and human rights consultant Dr. Jennifer Ann Zerk encourages countries striking trade deals to supplement human rights impact assessments with “institutional arrangements” that allow monitors to follow up on rights impacts and tackle challenges that emerge throughout the international trading relationship.
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NGO Pushes for Integration of BHR, SDG Efforts
June 13, 2019
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has published a paper explaining how governments and corporations should encourage the integration of efforts to implement business and human rights (BHR) standards and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including by promoting corporate “due diligence” for BHR impacts.
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