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Thoughts on the Iran Nuclear Deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)) and the Recent U.S. Decision Not to Certify Iranian Compliance With Its Terms
30 Oct 2017, 8:18 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Someone recently wrote me from abroad with a set of questions relating to the recent decision by the President not to certify that Iran was complying with all terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)  (here). [read post]
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The Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack: Collateral Effects and Costs on Cuban Efforts to Rejoin the International Financial Community
19 Oct 2017, 10:41 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 Vatican Museum Episodes of the Passion Tournai 14th cent) If the Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack  has a defining element, it is the way in which it may substantially affect Cuba's efforts to rejoin the global economic and finance communities it turned its back on in the early 1960s. [read post]
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Recording of Seminar: "Governance Compliance in Business and Human Rights Across Global Production Chains" Given at the University of Manchester Alliance Business School 12 October 2017
14 Oct 2017, 8:16 pm
" Concept NoteLarry Catá Backer 12 October 2017Globalization has produced a growing number of governance regimes beyond the reach of the domestic legal orders of states. [read post]
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The Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attacks: A Conflict of Narrative in the Public "Litigation" Phase of the Dispute
14 Oct 2017, 2:38 am
(Pix ©Larry Catá Backer 2017)Now that the United States and Cuba have staked out their (well rehearsed and often deployed routine) positions, the two states have begun the "litigation" phase of their state-to-state conflict in the courts of public opinion. [read post]
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“All roads to remedy”: Reflections on 2017 Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (A/72/162)
8 Oct 2017, 2:01 pm
 (Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)Working Paper 10/1 (October 2017)Reflections onthe 2017 “Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights andtransnational corporations and other business enterprises” (A/72/162; 18 July2017)Larry Catá BackerAbstract: The Working Group for Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises 2017 Report to the U.N. [read post]
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The Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack--The Collateral Effects on Business
6 Oct 2017, 7:54 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The effects of the Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack continue ot become clearer. [read post]
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Just Published: Business and Human Rights: Beyond the End of the Beginning (César Rodríguez-Garavito, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2017)
4 Oct 2017, 3:59 pm
Melish https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316797990.005 5 - From Guiding Principles to Interpretive Organizations: Developing a Framework for Applying the UNGPs to Disputes That Institutionalizes the Advocacy Role of Civil Society pp 76-96 By Larry Catá Backer https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316797990.006 6 - A Treaty on Business and Human Rights? [read post]
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The Affair of the Sonic Weapons Attack and the Counterthrust to Cuba's Tourism Sector and Economic Recovery
2 Oct 2017, 12:09 pm
(Pix ©Larry Catá Backer 2017; view of Havana Harbor from Regla)One of the great feats of globalization was its transposition of the notion of "mutually assured destruction" from the military to the economic sector. [read post]
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合法审慎地用好社会信用 (Legally and Prudently Use Social Credit): Initial Chinese Public Commentary on the Newly Adopted Shanghai Social Credit Regulations
1 Oct 2017, 1:20 pm
In anticipation of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress the great stakeholders Chinese officials and academics tend to accelerate the pace of their activities either to influence or to position themselves on the right side of the policy choices and initiatives to be announces, rejected, and emphasized at the CCP Congress. [read post]
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And the Other Shoe Drops--In Cuba Anger on the Street and the Ministries, Conspiracy Theories, and Defensiveness
29 Sep 2017, 3:03 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 (a street dog neutered by a local social organization wearing a notice to that effect and imploring passers by to refrain from beating the dog))No sooner did I post some thoughts and the first reports about the U.S. decision to substantially reduce its personnel in Cuba, freeze visa applications and issue a travel warning (U.S. [read post]
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U.S.-Cuba Relations Seize Up as the Affair of the Sonic Weapon Attacks Intensifies
29 Sep 2017, 10:53 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The tenuous nature of the raproachment between the United States and Cuba has been taking an unexpected turn over the course of the last several months. [read post]
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从“各自为政”到“一股合力”，（西方）反腐领域新举措：企业合规法律制度，公诉人自由裁量权以及国家主权投资人制度 ( "From a “Two Thrust Approach” to a “Two Sword One Thrust Strategy” to Combat Criminal Corruption: Corporate Compliance, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sovereign Investor Oversight")
27 Sep 2017, 4:26 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer… [read post]
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Closing Remarks: Social Credit, Big Data Management and Governance—New Possibilities, New Realities; International Symposium on Rule of Law & Social Credit Systems;Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
26 Sep 2017, 3:08 pm
Held at the KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China[1]Larry Catá Backer (W. [read post]
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Posting Conference Draft of "Measurement, Assessment and Reward: The Challenges of Building Institutionalized Social Credit and Rating Systems in China and in the West": Presentation for Chinese Social Credit System Conference “ 法与信用体系国际研讨会”预通知 (Shanghai Jaiotong University (上海交通大学) 23 Sept. 2017)
21 Sep 2017, 6:15 am
(PIX © Larry Catá Backer 2017)In a prior post I included information about  The Conference, Global Perspectives on Law and Social Credit, will take place at Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大学)) 23 Sept. 2017. [read post]
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Upcoming Conference: The Chinese Social Credit System 2017“ 法与信用体系国际研讨会”预通知 (Shanghai Jaiotong University (上海交通大学) 23 Sept. 2017)
19 Sep 2017, 7:15 am
More news on what we hope will be event that will contribute to understanding this important development in governance. [read post]
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Democracy Part 40: From Mass Democracy to The "Wisdom of the Crowd"-- Socializing People for Roles in New Data Driven Governance
17 Sep 2017, 1:45 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
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Social Credit in the West: Non-State Rating Systems for CSR Compliance
16 Sep 2017, 1:56 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
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Social Credit (China and Abroad; Public and Private): Index of Posts
16 Sep 2017, 7:30 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)  --> I have started thinking through the issues around social credit generally, and the Chinese Social Credit project. [read post]
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New Paper Posted: "From a “Two Thrust Approach” to a “Two Sword One Thrust Strategy” to Combat Criminal Corruption: Corporate Compliance, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sovereign Investor Oversight"
15 Sep 2017, 5:57 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)I am happy to report the posting of a new paper, currently titled "From a “Two Thrust Approach” to a “Two Sword One Thrust Strategy” to Combat Criminal Corruption: Corporate Compliance, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sovereign Investor Oversight. [read post]
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Time to Draft a Treaty?: The Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights holds its Third session, 23-27 October 2017
5 Sep 2017, 8:46 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)The IGWG (the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights) will hold its Third session, 23-27 October 2017, in Geneva. [read post]
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