Business & Human Rights

NGOs Issue Demands for World Bank Human-Rights Framework

January 05, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations operating in Nigeria has issued a series of demands for the World Bank Group to revise its Environmental and Social Framework to better implement activists' human-rights agendas, including through "grievance mechanisms" and human rights impact assessments often seen in UN reports on business and human rights.
UN Ramps up BHR Pressure on Australian Companies

January 04, 2016

A recent report details the proceedings of an event hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Australia and the Australian Human Rights Commission that sought to explain to businesses how best to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and that pressed for the development of an Australian national action plan on BHR issues.
NGO Outlines Potential for Activist Lawsuits on Climate Change

January 04, 2016

In the wake of the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in December 2015, Sif Thorgeirsson and Ciara Dowd of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre outline opportunities for activists to sue businesses and governments in order to persuade companies that activities contributing to climate change are not worth the legal risk they entail.
UN Global Compact Pushes Reporting Measures at G20

January 04, 2016

At a recent meeting of the G20 group of countries in Istanbul, Turkey, Chairman of the UN Global Compact organization in Turkey Dr. Yilmaz Argüden called on G20 leaders to create laws and regulations requiring corporate reporting on the implementation of "principled business practices" and the furthering of the UN's sustainable development agenda.
Ruggie Takes Charge of FIFA's BHR Plan

December 30, 2015

Under the auspices of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Professor John Ruggie and his team at the nongovernmental organization Shift have accepted a request from the International Federation of Association Football ("FIFA") to develop a plan to "embed" Ruggie's UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in the organization's activities.