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NGOs Criticize Banks for "Backsliding" on Fossil Fuels
June 08, 2018
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published its latest edition of a report grading 36 of the largest global banks on their support for projects and corporations using "extreme" fossil fuels - including liquefied natural gas - finding that US and Canadian banks are "backsliding" on their public commitments to shift investments to renewable energy sources.
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Academics Seek BHR Due Diligence Policies in Belgium
June 08, 2018
Dr. Huib Huyse and Dr. Boris Verbrugge of KU Leuven have issued a review of business and human rights (BHR) initiatives in the Netherlands, Germany, and France to provide input to Belgian nongovernmental organizations regarding how they should advocate for policies forcing Belgian businesses to use due diligence to ensure their supply chains are "sustainable."
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UK Official Places Onus on Companies to Protect Children Online
June 07, 2018
UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has threatened social-media companies with new regulations if they fail to engage in self-regulation protecting child rights online, including by "cutting underage use, preventing cyber bullying, and promoting healthy screen time," arguing companies must not force parents to make the choice to cut off their children from online "social interaction."
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UK Parliament Body Reviews Rights Issues in Sports
June 07, 2018
The UK's All Party Parliamentary Group on Sport, Modern Slavery and Human Rights is calling for submissions from sports bodies, nongovernmental organizations, athletes, and others to be included in its investigation of "pressing human rights problems affecting large scale sporting events around the world."
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NGOs Publish Briefing on BHR Treaty's Structural Issues
June 07, 2018
The nongovernmental organizations Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung and the Global Policy Forum have produced a briefing aimed at guiding negotiators of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) how such a document should be formatted, where the relevant institutions should be embedded, and how the text must be drafted.
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