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NGOs Seek Business Support for New Global Labor Accord
June 06, 2018
Upon the expiration of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, signed by global clothing brands following a fatal factory collapse in 2013, a group of nongovernmental organizations and global unions is pushing brands to sign on to a 2018 "transitional" accord that could open them to legal action for failing to push for worker safety in their supply chains.
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NGO: Spain Violated Health Rights Through "Austerity"
June 05, 2018
In a recent report, Amnesty International accused the Spanish government of violations of the international human rights agenda by pushing through "austerity" measures making access to healthcare more expensive and called on government authorities to perform a human rights impact assessment to determine how health policy reforms had affected the right to health.
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UN Rights Chief: World Bank Must "Marry" Rights, Economics
June 05, 2018
Human Rights Watch has published an article applauding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for demanding at a meeting of World Bank economists that they "marry human rights and economics" by coordinating with UN human rights observers and prioritizing the global rights agenda in the institution's project financing.
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ILO Meeting Produces Emergency-Service Work Guidelines
June 05, 2018
An expert meeting at the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) recently proposed global guidelines on how public emergency-service providers should protect their employees in light of hazards including illness, injury, and disasters brought on by climate change, and promoting the collective bargaining of such employees to ensure "decent" working conditions.
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NGO Welcomes World Bank Donors' Sustainability Push
June 04, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has welcomed a communique from World Bank donors tying an increase in the development institution's capital with its promotion of the climate and sustainability agenda but warned against the use of private-sector resources to accomplish such aims.
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