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Microsoft Celebrates UN's BHR Agenda
December 31, 2014
Microsoft has announced that for the occasion of the 2014 Human Rights Day, it organized a roundtable discussion in Warsaw, Poland to demonstrate its commitment to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
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IBA Seeks Comments on Draft BHR Guidance
December 31, 2014
The International Bar Association ("IBA") has announced that it is seeking comments on its guidance to attorneys around the world to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in their legal advice to corporations.
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U.K. Announces Support for BHR Rating Mechanism
December 24, 2014
The British Government has announced that it will provide financial support to a nonprofit and business initiative, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, that ranks companies on their compliance with the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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CIGI Considers Global Governance of BHR in Finance Sector
December 24, 2014
A Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") report discusses how to improve the international Equator Principles for project finance, and other principles related to business and human rights ("BHR"), to better pressure financial institutions to advance the international BHR and environmental agenda.
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U.S. Holds Public Consultation on Adoption of NAP
December 24, 2014
The U.S. Government has held the first public consultation on its adoption of a national action plan ("NAP") on the UN's business and human rights agenda at the New York University Stern School of Business.