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NGO: “Shareholder Supremacy” Threatens Future of Work
January 25, 2019
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has issued a statement welcoming the International Labour Organization’s publication on necessary government measures to address the “future of work” but warning the proposals fail to tackle companies’ “obsessive fixation on creating profit for shareholders.”
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ILO Body Seeks Global Governance to Address Employment Challenges
January 25, 2019
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Commission on the Future of Work has issued a report seeking a global governance system aimed at protecting workers’ rights in light of technological developments in the workplace and calling for a reform of businesses’ focus on short-term financial success.
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WEF Panel Seeks “Global Architecture” to Address Tech Progress
January 23, 2019
Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, business leaders outlined a potential new “global architecture” to control the impacts and ensure the “inclusiveness” of the technological transformation of the world’s economy they refer to as “Globalization 4.0.”
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New Zealand Official Confesses to “Broken” Justice System at UNHRC
January 22, 2019
In remarks to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its periodic review by countries including Saudi Arabia, New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little said his country’s justice system is “broken” and resulted in discrimination against women and the indigenous population.
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UN Observer Issues Global Principles on Economic Rights Impacts
January 22, 2019
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has published a set of “Guiding Principles” requiring governments at all levels and international financial institutions to perform human rights impact assessments when they make any policies implementing economic reforms.
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