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Academic Cites “Duty” of FIFA to Intervene in Rights Case
February 05, 2019
Professor Sarah Joseph of Monash University illustrates how advocates of the business and human rights agenda are pressuring the sports industry to intervene in rights-related issues, asserting that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has a duty to push Thailand not to extradite a famous soccer player to Bahrain.
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WEF Meeting Closes with Focus on Climate Change, Inequality
February 05, 2019
The final debate at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos featured international and national officials and academics focusing on the need to address the “immeasurable suffering” caused by global warming and for policies that “fairly” redistribute the benefits of economic growth among society.
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WEF Panel Demands Corporate Funding for Social Agenda
February 05, 2019
Panelists from nongovernmental organizations, business, and the media speaking at a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos highlighted the focus of activists on using global governance to close corporate tax loopholes to reduce economic inequality and fund their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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WHO Considers Roadmap on Access to Medicines
February 05, 2019
Intellectual Property Watch reports that the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board recently held meetings to consider approval of a WHO “roadmap” aimed at making medicines more affordable, including policies to improve “equitable access” through intellectual property rights.
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Ben & Jerry’s Removes Plastic Products from Shops
February 05, 2019
As companies respond to pressure from environmental activist groups to jettison “single-use plastic” products, PR Newswire reports that ice cream chain and self-proclaimed “aspiring social justice company” Ben & Jerry’s will no longer offer plastic straws or plastic spoons in its locations beginning in early 2019.
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