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Rights Activists Intervene in Irish Tax Debate
September 15, 2016
Dr. Shane Darcy of the National University of Ireland Galway describes the interventions of nongovernmental organizations calling for the Irish Parliament to include in its discussions of tech giant Apple's tax payments the responsibility of businesses to pay taxes to help fulfill economic, social, and cultural rights in the country.
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Attorney Highlights Globalization of Labor Disputes
September 15, 2016
Attorney Joe Turzi of DLA Piper LLP reflects on the growing trend of labor activists circumventing the domestic labor dispute resolution process by taking their claims to authorities, such as the US State Department, that apply global principles on labor rights from such entities as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to local employment conflicts.
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NGOs Seek Focus on Rights in UN Climate Efforts
September 15, 2016
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and the Center for International Environmental Law have submitted a proposal to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change calling on the agency to include fulfillment of the global business and human rights agenda in implementing the UN deal on climate change reached in Paris last December.
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G-20 Supports Global Governance of Taxation
September 14, 2016
In its final communiqué from a recent summit in Hangzhou, China, leaders from the G-20 group of countries called for the establishment of a "fair and modern international tax system," particularly through automatic global sharing of corporate tax information through an initiative launched by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Singapore Joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative
September 14, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has praised Singapore's decision to become the 59th member of the agency's Sustainable Stock Exchanges, signaling the continued growth of this UN effort to use stock exchanges to place pressure on companies to contribute to the organization's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.
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