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Global Institutions Ally to Push for “Equal Pay”
September 21, 2017
The UN International Labour Organization, UN Women, and the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have announced the creation of a new coalition designed to pressure governments to adopt policies to fulfill the target within the UN Sustainable Development Goals of “equal pay for work of equal value” for women.
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NGO Questions US Data Sharing Proposal
September 21, 2017
Cynthia Wong of Human Rights Watch has warned that a proposal by the US Department of Justice to allow foreign governments to directly request access to user information from technology companies threatens to undermine privacy rights for users by bypassing judicial review of requests.
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UN Observers: Adopt BHR Principles to Advance SDGs
September 21, 2017
Members of the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) have called on businesses to adopt the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as a “roadmap” to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by respecting human rights.
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UN, Tech Leaders Push for Innovative SDG Approach
September 21, 2017
The UN hosted a dialogue in which government officials and representatives from major tech companies stressed the need to harness technological innovation in pursuit of the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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New Zealand Directors' Manual Pushes BHR Agenda
September 21, 2017
Rob Stock writes that, in its recently published Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice, New Zealand's Institute of Directors include a chapter on how companies must implement the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda by, among other things, addressing and reporting on BHR risks in their operations and supply chains.
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