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NGO Calls for UN Mechanism on Medicine Access
March 31, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Transnational Institute has submitted a proposal to the UN Secretary‐General’s High‐Level Panel on Access to Medicines calling for the Panel to recommend the creation of a mechanism that would hold businesses responsible for violating human rights by failing to provide sufficient access to their medicines around the globe.
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OECD Body Rates Countries' Compliance with Tax Agreement
March 31, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has rated the performance of nearly one hundred jurisdictions on implementing the OECD's global agreement regarding the exchange of tax information and found that compliance with the deal is increasing.
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NGO Files Complaint with OECD Body over Dam
March 31, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Survival International has filed a complaint with the Italian National Contact Point of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises alleging that the construction of a dam by industrial group Salini Impregilo violates the rights of native Ethiopian and Kenyan groups.
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Australia Announces Consultations on BHR Implementation
March 30, 2016
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights reports that the Australian Government has responded to its recent Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council by announcing consultations on its implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR"), which may lead to the development of an Australian BHR "national action plan."
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NGOs Seek Enforceable Limit on Aviation Emissions
March 30, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations labeling themselves the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation has called on member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organization to adopt enforceable standards requiring airlines to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and monitor such emissions on a flight-by-flight basis.
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