Business & Human Rights

  • UN Independent Experts Critique Peru on BHR

    July 27, 2017

    Following a 10-day visit to the country, a group of UN human rights mandate holders called on the Peruvian government to reform its handling of "social conflicts" related to business operations and called for "a new mechanism to protect human rights defenders" in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).

  • Insurance Network Supports Climate Risk Disclosure

    July 27, 2017

    The Sustainable Insurance Forum, an international network of insurance supervisors and regulators, has announced its support of recommendations from a task force of the G20 Financial Stability Board calling for the analysis and disclosure of “climate risks and opportunities” in insurance investments.

  • Committee Pushes EU Standards for Private Security

    July 27, 2017

    Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament have approved a resolution calling for the development of EU minimum standards for private security companies that include rules requiring accountability, screening, and reporting of misconduct.

  • MDBs Seek Private Finance for "Sustainable Infrastructure"

    July 27, 2017

    At the recent Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, DC, heads of the major multilateral development banks (MDBs) pledged to cooperate in forming public-private sector partnerships to finance infrastructure around the world that complies with the UN's climate and "sustainable development" agendas.

  • Lawyer: West Bank Database Violates Due Process

    July 27, 2017

    Doron Hindin of the law firm Covington & Burling writes that plans by the UN Human Rights Council to publish a list of companies operating in the West Bank - with the aim of disrupting those that do business with Israelis in the region - are counter-productive and violate both international trade law and the principle of due process.

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