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NGO Details BHR Pressure on Businesses, Governments
March 11, 2015
Amol Mehra, director of the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, describes a concerted NGO effort to place pressure on businesses and governments around the world to implement the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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Consultancy Develops Corporate Course in BHR
March 11, 2015
Sustainability consultancy CLT Envirolaw has developed an "e-learning" course for corporate directors, managers, and employees to learn about the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in order to implement them in corporate operations.
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Researchers Explore Regional BHR Mechanisms
March 04, 2015
Using data from focus groups conducted at the European Court of Human Rights ("ECtHR"), University of Liverpool researchers have outlined a set of potential mechanisms to address alleged business and human rights ("BHR") violations, including expanding ECtHR authority to address BHR issues.
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Article Highlights Pressure on Governments to Adopt NAPs
March 04, 2015
Eniko Horvath has written an article on the efforts of business and human rights ("BHR") activists to press governments around the world to implement the global BHR agenda through the adoption of "national action plans" ("NAPs").
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NGO Pushes BHR Agenda Through "Action Platform"
March 04, 2015
The nongovernmental organization Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has launched its "Company action platform," which is based on a survey of 180 companies worldwide and determines whether they are sufficiently conforming to global business and human rights ("BHR") standards.
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