Business & Human Rights

NGOs Push for Stronger Italian BHR Action Plan

September 21, 2016

A submission from a group of nongovernmental organizations regarding Italy's proposed National Action Plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights encourages the Italian government to amend the plan to tighten regulatory measures requiring corporate BHR due diligence and to widen access to judicial BHR remedies.
Report Describes Progress Toward BHR Treaty

September 21, 2016

Jens Martens and Karolin Seitz of the Global Policy Forum have published a paper detailing the progress of human rights activists toward establishing a binding UN treaty implementing "global regulation" of business and human rights issues in addition to or in place of the "soft law" UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
NGO Meeting Focuses on BHR Remedy Mechanisms

September 21, 2016

A recent Washington, DC, meeting held by the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable focused on how multi-stakeholder initiatives can press businesses to cooperate on providing remedies to victims of alleged violations of the UN's business and human rights agenda.
Roundtable Links Human Rights, Climate Agendas

September 21, 2016

A report on a roundtable held by Unicef UK and University College London's Global Governance Institute illustrates how the UN, academics, and activists are seeking to leverage the UN's economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, as well as "climate" litigation against governments and businesses, to advance action around the world to counter global warming.
Merkel Presses Companies on Refugee Employment

September 21, 2016

The Guardian reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently held a meeting with CEOs of some of Germany's top companies to press them to employ more asylum seekers and to help them integrate into German society.