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NGO Creates "Ethical" IP Licensing Language
June 07, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Corporate Accountability Lab has proposed language for "ethical intellectual property (IP) licensing" agreements through which inventors and others who secure IP rights would force companies to which these rights are licensed to ensure they are not fueling human rights violations in their global supply chains.
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UN Agent Seeks Rights Standards for Online Companies
June 06, 2018
Lawyer Evelyn Douek analyzes a report of UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom of expression David Kaye promoting global human rights standards as a "common vocabulary" for social-media companies to use in their exchanges with governments that wish to restrict the views expressed on their platforms.
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NGOs Seek Business Support for New Global Labor Accord
June 06, 2018
Upon the expiration of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, signed by global clothing brands following a fatal factory collapse in 2013, a group of nongovernmental organizations and global unions is pushing brands to sign on to a 2018 "transitional" accord that could open them to legal action for failing to push for worker safety in their supply chains.
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GRI Partners with Forum on Child Rights Reporting
June 06, 2018
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has signed an agreement with the Global Child Forum, through which stakeholders explore how best to fulfill the UN Children's Rights Convention, to cooperate on "driving corporate action to improve the lives of children" through GRI's corporate reporting framework on "sustainability" issues.
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Ireland, Apple Agree to Repayment of Claimed Back Taxes
June 06, 2018
Politico reports that the Irish government has agreed to a legal framework through which Apple will pay Ireland over €13 billion in funds to comply with a 2016 European Commission (EC) demand that Ireland recoup back taxes related to an allegedly illegal tax deal with the tech giant.
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