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UN Agents: Sustainability Depends on BHR Action
July 05, 2017
At the annual OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, members of the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) called on companies to "embed" the global BHR agenda throughout their operations and "value chains" as part of their contributions to the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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UNICEF Publishes Global Guide on Child Rights and Mining
June 29, 2017
As part of its efforts to elaborate on the Children's Rights and Business Principles, a global guide for companies on how to implement international human rights guarantees for children in their operations, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has published a guide specifically focusing on how mining companies must perform "impact assessments" to address their children's rights impacts.
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UN Group: Hold Businesses Liable for Conduct Abroad
June 28, 2017
As part of their "authoritative" commentary on obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN human rights mandate holders have demanded the regulation of businesses across borders to prevent rights abuse and the restriction of tax avoidance to maximize funding for economic, social, and cultural rights.
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Activists Move from Climate to Social Issues on Palm Oil
June 23, 2017
Environmental reporting website Eco-business has published an article illustrating the success of activists at the recent Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources conference in expanding participants' focus on palm oil "sustainability" from mere environmental impacts to a broad array of "social" rights, including labor issues.
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NGO Calls for Expanded Access to Corporate Information
June 22, 2017
In the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's latest Corporate Legal Accountability Bulletin, the think tank calls for worldwide adoption of national legislation that would force companies to share internal information with alleged victims of human rights abuses to help them provide a basis for lawsuits against these businesses.
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