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UN Agents Seek Trade, Finance Push to Advance BHR Agenda
July 13, 2018
At a recent session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Chair of the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues presented a report on how governments should pressure corporations to implement the BHR agenda by threatening to cut off non-complying companies from support under states’ trade promotion and finance policies.
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Academic: AI Must Force Businesses to Address Rights Abuse
July 12, 2018
Consultant and Rutgers University academic Samir Goswami writes that governments must ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) technology places pressure on businesses to better respond to alleged human rights violations in their supply chains and does “not exacerbate existing economic disparities.”
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Lawyer: EU Procurement Rules Could Support Foreign Lawsuits
July 12, 2018
Eamonn Conlon of the law firm A&L Goodbody asserts that the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, as transposed into the national laws of EU members, could be the basis for a cause of action against companies that have procurement contracts with governments for labor rights abuses in foreign countries.
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NGO Blames Supermarkets for Global Labor Rights Abuse
July 12, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has launched a campaign pressuring major supermarket chains to end “brutal working conditions” and labor rights violations in their global supply chains and “to radically improve transparency around their food sourcing policies.”
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NGOs Seek to Embed Rights Standards in Machine Learning
July 11, 2018
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has signed onto a “Toronto Declaration” that sets out human rights standards for machine-learning systems, particularly focused on requiring companies to ensure that such systems “respect the principles of equality and non-discrimination” and offer remedies to victims of alleged discrimination.
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