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1 Oct 2023, 9:05 pm
DPAs fail to achieve those important goals and outcomes, and Congress must therefore ban their use in any federal case where corporate malfeasance has led to one or more human fatalities. [read post]
8 Sep 2019, 8:17 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2019)The Coalition for Peace and Ethics BHR Treaty Project is considering Draft of the "Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate, in International Human Rights Law, The Activities Corporations and Other Business Enterprises," released on 16 July 2019 by the open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) Chairmanship. [read post]
20 Jun 2024, 12:53 pm
This compelling work explores the growing tide of cynicism in American society and offers a transformative roadmap for rediscovering hope and humanity. [read post]
2 Aug 2020, 2:20 pm
That approach circles around the mandate of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, "whose mandate shall be to elaborate an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 10:43 pm
Jackson Center, the American Bar Association, and the American Society of International Law (among others)—is an annual gathering of international criminal law professionals, government officials, and academics in a relaxed setting to take stock of the field, evaluate recent developments, and think about how the international justice system will and should develop in the future. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 8:29 pm
The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, created a Compliance Advisor Ombudsman; the US Overseas Private Investment Center has an Office of Accountability. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 10:29 am
The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, created a Compliance Advisor Ombudsman; the US Overseas Private Investment Center has an Office of Accountability. [read post]
22 Jun 2022, 11:15 am
The establishment of direct corporate liability through a binding and well-implemented international human rights treaty is likely to face similarly potent legal counterarguments. [read post]
19 Apr 2023, 12:10 pm
These and similar issues relate to potential damage to the environment in which human beings live and these issues are included in the “E” in ESG. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 10:00 am
They might be brought out on state occasions, and perhaps even when international dignitaries--like the members of the UN Working Group for Business and Human Rights--appear, but otherwise are understood either as a passive resource (to be activated by other bureaucrats with mandates of far more importance to the political leadership) or as necessary window dressing to satisfy the needs of inbound corporate investors, the international financial community,… [read post]
8 Dec 2019, 2:08 pm
As the world’s foremost gathering in this area, it provides a unique space for dialogue between governments, business, civil society, affected groups and international organizations on trends, challenges and good practices in preventing and addressing business-related human rights impacts. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 8:15 am
A broad participation of governments, businesses, civil society, trade unions, indigenous peoples, human rights defenders, academics, national human rights institutions, international organizations, and others is expected. [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 9:31 am
If it is directed to the international business and human rights governing classes then this provision works well. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 4:30 am
Prior to law school, she worked as a researcher within the U.N. human rights system and formerly worked with Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Foundations. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 6:31 am
The Working Group’s report will propose recommendations to States, business and civil society to address these manifestations, including in such areas as improved policy coherence, enhanced human rights due diligence, and measures to strengthen access to remedy. [read post]
4 Mar 2010, 6:09 am
The talking heads become screaming ones, but in the end, human nature appears to triumph over all manner of controls. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 7:03 am
Yet, unless victims of adverse business-related human rights impacts have access to effective remedies, the state duty to protect human rights and the corporate responsibility to respect human rights become meaningless in practice. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 8:06 am
The presentation serves as a useful roadmap for charting those areas of greatest interest to the international human rights mechanisms in Geneva. [read post]
12 Sep 2023, 5:20 pm
Media contact: Kate Sarna: 202-836-1265, ksarna@hslf.org ## The Humane Society Legislative Fund is a social welfare organization incorporated under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and formed in 2004 as a separate lobbying affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 4:01 am
Please also comment on… reports indicating that freedom of expression is being restricted by punitive measures against civil society organizations and human rights defenders that promote women’s equality, the rights of Palestinians, and environmental protection and corporate social responsibility…. [1] With a federal election around the corner it is a crucial time to bring these concerns to the fore. [read post]
