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17 Dec 2014, 6:00 am
An escalating cycle of militia fighting, indiscriminate aerial bombings, and artillery duels has left more than 1,000 dead, caused nearly 400,000 external refugees and internally displaced persons, destroyed vital infrastructure like airports, caused oil exports to plummet, and spurred the exodus of foreign diplomats and businesses. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 1:34 pm
Upcoming Reports and ConsultationsWe have begun the consultation process for a major initiative to provide guidance to States, rightsholders, civil society and businesses on the implementation of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. [read post]
11 Aug 2017, 2:28 pm
The United Nations human rights institutions have been devoting substantial efforts to developing a structure for the protection of human rights defenders compatible with the basic assumptions of the operation and division of power that constitutes the state system. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 11:30 am
The bill would amend existing law to prohibit people in the United States from supporting boycotts targeting Israel — making it a felony to choose not to engage in commerce with companies doing business in Israel and its settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 10:26 am
Secretary General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.[20] One of its core underlying premises is that both state’s in the fulfillment of their duty to protect individuals resident in their territories and enterprises in their “social” responsibilities ought to be guided by developing international and transnational norms and standards.[21] Most of these developments have occurred in and around the cluster of… [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 9:45 am
"Secluding North America's Migration Outcasts: Notes on the International Organization for Migration's Compassionate Mercenary Business," Chapter 13 in Externalizing Migration Management: Europe, North America and the Spread of 'Remote Control' Practices (Routledge, Feb. 2016) [eprint via SSRN]Situation of Migrants in Transit: Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Doc. [read post]
28 Jun 2022, 10:50 am
In the absence of such steps and the unavailability of domestic channels for accountability, I stress the role and responsibility of the international community, including this Council. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 5:31 am
The United States and international community can help in this respect by reinforcing their support for democracy and consistently calling for free and fair elections that are administered by an impartial National Electoral Council and overseen by international observers. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 8:14 am
The actions we take in the United States to curb global warming pollution and create jobs cannot stand alone. [read post]
The Coronavirus in the International Workplace – How do Multinational Employers React Appropriately?
10 Mar 2020, 1:58 pm
He also stated that SSP would be available to those who are symptom free but unable to attend work because they have been asked to self-isolate. [read post]
6 May 2014, 2:00 pm
The United States should take the lead both in the international arena and at home by adopting policies that stimulate the use of practical privacy-protecting technologies that exist today. [read post]
21 Oct 2021, 1:00 pm
The stocktaking report was presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2021. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 4:19 am
Segal is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and his book reflects the Council’s brief to help US policy actors and citizens “better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 6:05 am
The other will be the state of international development. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:27 pm
Thanks.This post includes a draft of the next chapter of Part III (Institutional Architecture of Law and Governance: The United States and Law Making) -- Chapter 14 (The State and the People; Popular Referenda). [read post]
26 Feb 2022, 9:44 am
Business relationships (central to the directly linked standard) include " relationships with business partners, entities in its value chain, and any other non-State or State entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services "(Ibid.).To this point, one can understand the scope of the complicity standard as including activities that may arise directly from business relationships but that may manifest… [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 7:32 pm
While there was some effort, after the Supreme Court decision in Kiobel (2013 , discussed in De Schutter, et al. 2012; Salomon 2012) to shift the focus of converting the United States as the principal site for the litigation of human rights claims against [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 9:23 am
The United States noted that the procedural guidance allows flexibility for NCPs. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 7:40 am
" (Recommendation p. 10).If that is what the Ethics Council is suggesting, it presents an interesting and useful application of the 2nd Pillar of the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (corporate responsibility to respect human rights) to enterprises independent of their legal obligations under the more formally legal 2st Pillar state duty to protect human rights. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 7:32 pm
“This morning, the Council of Economic Advisers released the 69th-annual Economic Report of the President, which reviews the United States’ accelerating recovery and ways to further support middle-class families as the recovery continues. [read post]
