Business & Human Rights

Workshop Pushes Human Rights as Basis for Climate Policies

July 22, 2015

A recent workshop co-hosted by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the University of Notre Dame Law School called for activists to highlight human rights as the basis of "climate justice" - that is, the push through legal liability and policy tools to force corporations to comply with the UN's agenda against climate change.
Meeting Explores Corporate Prosecution for International Crimes

July 22, 2015

A meeting hosted by the International Law Programme explored various potential means of holding corporations liable for international law crimes around the world, including through litigation, the International Criminal Court, and a new binding treaty on business and international crimes.
NGOs Push for BHR Treaty Focus on All Corporations

July 22, 2015

At a recent meeting of the intergovernmental working group charged with developing a binding UN treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues, a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") called for the BHR treaty to include the activities of all corporations around the globe and to focus on the "transnational operations" of these businesses.
Oxfam Presses for International Tax Body at Development Meeting

July 22, 2015

In advance of a recent meeting on development finance at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam has called for attendees to discuss the creation of an intergovernmental body to promote the global governance of tax policy in order to prevent corporate "tax dodging" in developing countries.
NGO Criticizes EU for Seeking to Undermine BHR Treaty

July 21, 2015

A representative of the nongovernmental organization Friends of the Earth Europe has accused EU representatives of seeking to undermine negotiations over a binding UN treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues.