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NGOs Push Mexico to Accept Global BHR Agenda
January 14, 2015
Two nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have announced a partnership through which they will seek to pressure the Government of Mexico to adopt a "national action plan" to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
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UN Calls on Businesses to Absorb Wage Hikes
January 07, 2015
The UN's International Labour Organization has called on businesses in the clothing industry to help absorb cost increases for garment manufacturers in Cambodia following recent legislation increasing the minimum wage in the country.
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Bader Criticizes Media Efforts to Increase Profits
January 07, 2015
Christine Bader writes that businesses in the media industry must do more to promote corporate social responsibility, rather than merely "following the well-worn path to disaster" of seeking to maximize revenue for their shareholders.
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IHRB Proposes Binding Measures in U.S. BHR Plan
December 31, 2014
The Institute for Human Rights and Business ("IHRB") has published a series of recommendations for the upcoming U.S. national action plan on business and human rights ("BHR"), including the need for binding regulatory measures that require business compliance with the UN's BHR agenda.
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Activist: Capitalism Is Root of Human Rights Violations
December 31, 2014
Amit Singh writes that instead of voluntary principles or a binding treaty aimed at addressing alleged corporate human rights abuses, the world must solve the problem of "unabashed" capitalism, which is "not compatible with human rights."
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