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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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NGO Calls on BHR Working Group to Limit Business Ties
March 04, 2015
The nongovernmental organization Conectas Direitos Humanos has published a paper calling for stricter business "conflict of interest" requirements for the UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR"), which would make it more difficult for members of the business community to work for the group.
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Framework Seeks Broad Corporate Human Rights Reporting
February 25, 2015
The nongovernmental organization Shift and the accountancy firm Mazars have published the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, which calls for companies to publicly report their actions on a broad range of issues relating to the international business and human rights agenda.
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Nieuwenkamp: NCP System Succeeds in Business Pressure
February 25, 2015
Rolf Nieuwenkamp of the Organization for Economic Development and Co-operation ("OECD") working party on responsible business conduct praises the OECD's national contact point ("NCP") system for its work pressuring businesses to implement the international corporate social responsibility agenda.
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