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Academic Draws Link Between Panama Papers, BHR Agenda
April 13, 2016
Dr Nadia Bernaz of Middlesex University School of Law writes that the leaked "Panama Papers," which show corporate assets stored in the low-transparency country, demonstrate the "millions in unpaid taxes" from businesses that could be used to fund human rights to health, education, and other economic and social goals in the UN's comprehensive human rights agenda.
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Diplomat Explains US Implementation of BHR Agenda
April 13, 2016
At a recent session of the UN Human Rights Council ("HRC"), US Ambassador to the HRC Keith Harper explained how the US is developing a National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and pressure companies to do the same through US federal law and policy.
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HP Pledges 100 Percent Renewable Energy
April 13, 2016
Demonstrating the pressure on businesses from activists and international organizations to commit to goals to prevent climate change, technology company HP has pledged to implement the UN climate change and sustainability agendas through a move to 100 percent renewable electricity in its operations.
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Litigants Seek Corporate Liability for Supply-Chain Forced Labor
April 13, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Human Rights First has published an update on recent litigation in which plaintiffs have attempted to use a California law requiring corporate reporting on efforts to end forced labor in their supply chains and the US Alien Tort Statute to hold US businesses liable for connections to foreign companies that use forced labor.
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HRC Votes for Database on Businesses Involved in Israeli Settlements
April 12, 2016
The UN Human Rights Council ("HRC") has voted to establish a database of businesses involved in Israeli settlement activities in what the resolution identifies as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory" and has called on countries to advise companies of potential liability for "gross human rights abuses" in the region.
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