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Update Reveals Dissension on BHR Treaty
December 02, 2015
An update from Donald Robertson of Herbert Smith Freemills on the development of a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") reveals that governments, activists, and organizations working toward the development of the treaty disagree on such a treaty's objects and scope.
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NGOs Work Toward BHR "Benchmark" Tool
December 02, 2015
Author Sudeep Chakravarti provides an update on the development by the nongovernmental organizations Institute for Human Rights and Business and the Business and Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre on a "Corporate Human Rights Benchmark" that will pressure governments and businesses to abide by the global BHR principles.
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Article Calls for "Industry-Specific Standards" for UNGPs
December 02, 2015
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly of New York University's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights ("BHR") has called for companies, as part of their due diligence under the UN Guiding Principles for BHR ("UNGPs"), to gather with others in the same industries to develop "industry-specific standards" against which to measure their progress toward implementation of the UNGPs.
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Consultants: Lawyers Will Be at Center of BHR Efforts
December 01, 2015
Adam Smith-Anthony and Laura Edwards at the business and human rights ("BHR") consultancy Omnia Strategy LLP write that corporate general counsel will in the future become a leading factor in coordinating efforts within businesses to implement the global BHR agenda.
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Chair of UN Group Seeks BHR Measurement Framework
December 01, 2015
In a recent article, Chair of the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") Margaret Jungk calls for a "common framework" through which observers can measure the progress governments and businesses are making in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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