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Court Limits US Lawsuits over Foreign Corporate Conduct
April 25, 2018
The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit under the Alien Tort Statute against a foreign bank accused of helping to finance terrorist activities outside the US, sharply limiting the ways in which people may seek redress from foreign corporations in US courts for alleged human rights violations.
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World Bank Releases "Sustainable" Extractives Guide
April 25, 2018
The World Bank has published a "Sourcebook" providing a "spectrum of integrated policy interventions necessary to transform natural resource wealth into sustainable development" for countries and businesses that are engaged in oil, gas, and mineral extraction.
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World Bank Pushes Climate Policies in Asia
April 25, 2018
A press release from the World Bank describing its push for a transition in Asia from coal-fired power plants to clean energy sources, and promotion of "stringent regulatory policies" toward this goal, illustrates the prioritization by the development institution on fulfilling global targets on combating climate change.
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WEF Seeks Ethical Standards for AI Development
April 24, 2018
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council on Human Rights has published a report calling for developers of machine-learning artificial-intelligence technology to adopt a set of ethical standards preventing this technology from facilitating discrimination and other human rights violations.
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Jewelry, Watch Companies Face Demands for Reporting
April 24, 2018
Human Rights Watch has called on jewelry and watch companies participating in the Baselworld Fair in Switzerland to publicly disclose the source of materials in their products and perform impact assessments to help civil society activists determine whether they are associated with human rights violations and environmental damage.
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