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BHR Treaty Submission Seeks Inclusion of "Right to Development"
July 16, 2015
A submission by the Legal Resources Centre to the working group charged with developing a legally binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty calls for the inclusion of a "right to development" in the treaty and pushes for the establishment of an independent agency with prosecutorial powers to enforce this and other rights.
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NGO Spotlights Breadth of BHR Agenda
July 16, 2015
Lise Smit of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law writes that under the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") principles, corporations must not only be concerned with respecting human rights in their particular sector, but must ensure they do not impact a broad range of human rights contained in various "internationally recognized documents."
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Academic: BHR Treaty Should Build on Environmental Precedent
July 16, 2015
Sara Seck of the Faculty of Law at Western University in Canada writes that the working group developing a binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty should consider the past work of the International Law Commission concerning international environmental law, arguing that environmental harm is often closely tied to violations of human rights.
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MEPs Develop Comprehensive EU Product Reporting Proposals
July 15, 2015
The Guardian reports that a group of Members of the European Parliament ("MEPs") have developed a proposal for requirements, by the year 2019, for industries across the bloc to report on the environmental footprint of all their products, as officials seek to create "binding targets on resource efficiency."
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Academic Discusses Inclusion of Criminal Liability in BHR Treaty
July 15, 2015
At a recent conference in Madrid, Dr. Nadia Bernaz of Middlesex University School of Law explored the possibility of including provisions on the criminal liability of corporations for "international crimes" under a binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") currently under negotiation by an intergovernmental working group.
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