Business & Human Rights

IBA Pushes Guiding Principles in Global Legal Community

October 29, 2014

The International Bar Association ("IBA") has released a report calling for bar associations around the world to promote the use of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in lawyers' advice to their business clients.
UN Calls for Global Governance of Private Security

October 29, 2014

Dismissing the convictions in the U.S. of four private military contractors for the killing of Iraqi civilians as "the exception, not the rule," the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has called for an international treaty to govern private military and security corporations.
UN Seeks "Sustainability" Education at Business Schools

October 29, 2014

At a recent event with business representatives, the UN Global Compact pushed a "Call for Action" to business schools to help advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by including content on these goals in their curricula.
UN Pushes Harmonization of Climate and Finance Policy

October 29, 2014

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative has co-authored a report calling for global financial institutions and central banks to take into account risks due to global warming in financing business activities that may influence the environment.
Finland Launches National Action Plan on BHR

October 29, 2014

The Government of Finland has released a report containing its national action plan on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").