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NGO Issues Global Guidance on Migrant Worker Rights
March 07, 2019
The Institute for Human Rights and Business has published three briefings for businesses around the world on international legal standards relating to employing migrant workers, focusing on pay, housing, and the right to organize.
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“Abidjan Principles” Call for Regulation of Private Education
March 07, 2019
A group of UN agents, academics, and nongovernmental organization representatives have announced their adoption of the “Abidjan Principles,” a set of global guidelines outlining the authors’ vision of the state’s duty to provide free, public education and impose regulations on private education initiatives.
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NGO Creates Online Tool for Human Rights in Tourism
March 07, 2019
The Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism has created an online “Get Started” Tool guiding companies operating in the tourism industry how to embed global human rights principles in their operations and their “value chain.”
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Critics of UK “Gender Pay Gap” Reporting Call for Sanctions
March 07, 2019
The Guardian reports that the alleged failures of businesses to accurately report, as required by UK law, the difference in pay between male and female employees are spurring politicians and nongovernmental organizations to call for stricter reporting requirements and sanctioning of employers.
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German UN Network Seeks Corporate Climate Pressure on Suppliers
March 07, 2019
Corporate representatives from the UN Global Compact Network Germany have published a discussion paper considering best practices for businesses in calculating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains in compliance with the global agenda against climate change.
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