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Article Outlines "Shortcoming" in Adidas Complaint Mechanism
November 12, 2014
Following the announcement by Adidas of a third party complaint process on business and human rights issues, an article on the "sustainable" business website TriplePundit has called for the company to go further in tracking potential future human rights violations in its operations.
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Activists Develop Database on National BHR Actions
November 12, 2014
The Business & Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre is developing a database on the development of "national action plans" and other actions on BHR issues by governments around the world in order to push countries to further the international BHR agenda.
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UN Business Partnerships Will Advance Sustainability Agenda
November 12, 2014
At a UN Industrial Development Organization conference that will mark the beginning of business partnerships in which the UN will pressure companies to advance its sustainability agenda, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for businesses to promote responsible environmental practices and social inclusion.
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Shift Calls for Legal Advice Based on BHR Principles
November 12, 2014
Highlighting the attempts of nongovernmental organizations to portray the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") as binding law, an article from the Shift Project calls for lawyers to warn their business clients about the legal risks of not complying with these principles.
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International Tribunal Finds Corporate Criminal Liability
November 05, 2014
A human rights blog has praised a ruling of the UN-created Special Tribunal for Lebanon that corporations can be found criminally liable for contempt under international law as a potential precedent for extending criminal liability of corporations for alleged human rights violations.
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