Business & Human Rights

NGOs Pan G-7 for Lack of BHR Commitment

June 29, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations released a document expressing disappointment that the G-7 group of countries' recent meeting in Japan led to no concrete discussion on national commitments to implement the UN's business and human rights agenda in global corporate supply chains.
NGO Criticizes EU Mineral Legislation

June 29, 2016

Swedish nongovernmental organization Swedwatch has published a report criticizing the limited reach of new EU legislation on business use of conflict minerals from war-torn areas of Africa and calling for EU member states to enact more far-reaching regulations on the issue.
EU Countries Announce Tax Agreement

June 29, 2016

The Dutch EU Presidency has announced that the EU member states have agreed to a bloc-wide plan to penalize companies that attempt to avoid European taxes through such methods as moving their profits to subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions.
Lawyer Promotes UN Contracts Treaty as BHR Vehicle

June 29, 2016

In a recent speech, Stéphane Brabant of Herbert Smith Freehills advocated the incorporation of business and human rights principles in the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods in order to advance the inclusion of human rights responsibility in corporate supply-chain agreements.
Academics Seek Strengthened CSR Education

June 29, 2016

Law professors Caroline Kaeb of the University of Connecticut and David Scheffer of Northwestern University write that business schools should strengthen education on how corporate social responsibility and other business action are needed to implement the human rights agenda around the world.