Business & Human Rights

U.K. Professional Body Calls for Corporate "Global Diversity Policies"

August 27, 2014

The U.K.'s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has published an article calling for transnational companies to implement diversity and equality standards in their operations across the globe and to go beyond legal employment requirements in some countries.
Professor Seeks Next Stage of BHR Principles

August 20, 2014

An article by Professor Tara Melish discusses how to move "beyond the end of the beginning" in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR"), including "empowering" civil society participation and considering the role of a binding international BHR treaty.
Activists Seek HRIAs in Trade Negotiations

August 20, 2014

Human rights activists are calling for the EU and the U.S. to perform human rights impact assessments (“HRIAs”) in negotiating trade deals with countries such as Vietnam, which they say do not respect labor rights and other human rights.
Professors Warn of Business Influence over U.S. Policymaking

August 20, 2014

Professors Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page write that an analysis of data relating to the policy influence of various actors in the U.S. political system indicates that business interests have a strong effect on U.S. policy decisions compared to ordinary citizens.
Bogojevic Explores EU Environmental Protection Based on Human Rights

August 20, 2014

Professor Sanja Bogojevic has published an article considering the use of EU human rights law as an avenue toward securing "constitutionalization" of an individual right to environmental protection within the bloc.