Business & Human Rights

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.
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.
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.