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Groups Launch Ranking of BHR Performance
December 17, 2014
A group of nongovernmental organizations and businesses have announced the launch of a Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, which will investigate and rank the performance of 500 companies on implementing UN business and human rights ("BHR") standards.
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FIDH Calls for Expanded Regulation of Technology Exports
December 17, 2014
The International Federation for Human Rights ("FIDH") has published a report calling on the EU and the international community to increase restrictions on technology companies to keep them from selling their products to regimes that may use them to violate the human rights of their citizens.
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Nestle CEO Expresses Commitment to BHR Agenda
December 17, 2014
During a recent UN forum, Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Nestle Paul Bulcke demonstrated pressure on businesses to adopt the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, calling for other businesses to follow the lead of Nestle in performing "impact assessments" and implementing other BHR measures.
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NGOs Criticize Banks for Failure to Implement BHR
December 17, 2014
The nongovernmental organization ("NGO") network BankTrack has called on banks around the world to implement international business and human rights ("BHR") standards in their operations and to provide "grievance mechanisms" for those who allege violations of these standards.
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Article Calls for Expanded Government Participation in BHR Agenda
December 10, 2014
Following the third annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in Geneva, an article in The Guardian expresses concern that some governments are "outsourcing" the responsibility to protect human rights to global corporations.
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