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NGO Seeks Support of "Holy Land" BHR Principles
July 23, 2015
A nongovernmental organization ("NGO") is calling for businesses that have agreed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and operate in the Israel-Palestine region to sign on to a set of "Holy Land Principles" setting out BHR-type requirements in the field of employment.
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NGO Article Calls for BHR National Action Plans
July 23, 2015
An article from leaders of a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") calls national action plans on business and human rights ("BHR") issues an "important new BHR governance tool" and explores how to increase the future success and credibility of such action plans to advance the UN BHR agenda.
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UN, OECD Expand Tax Inspector Network
July 23, 2015
The UN Development Programme and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") have scaled up a network called Tax Inspectors Without Borders to work with authorities in developing countries to ensure that corporations pay the appropriate amount of taxes.
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Canada Counters UN Committee on Overseas Corporate Conduct
July 22, 2015
At its recent review by the UN Human Rights Committee, the Canadian Government clashed with the Committee members over the country's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to Canadian natural resource companies, arguing that its treaty obligations do not apply to overseas corporate conduct.
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NGOs Seek EU Measure on Tax Reporting
July 22, 2015
Two nongovernmental organization ("NGO") representatives have published an article in which they call for the European Parliament to adopt a measure seeking to require multinational corporations to report on their profits and taxes paid on a country-by-country basis, in order to cut down on alleged "tax dodging" by businesses.
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