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8 Oct 2010, 3:22 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
While corporate activities may positively contribute to the livelihoods of individuals, communities and societies, a number of allegations have been made that corporations have been involved in systematically violating human rights. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 2:57 am by kblocher@hslf.org
” Media contacts:Emily Ehrhorn: 202-779-1814; eehrhorn@humanesociety.org Lisa Powers: 202-466-0489; powersl@personalcarecouncil.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]
13 Jun 2023, 8:32 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
 Tendayi Achiume, The In- or Ex-clusiveness of International Law Namira Negm, The In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law: Some Remarks from the Concluding Panel of the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law Alfred Soons, Remarks at the Welcome Reception of the 17th ESIL Annual Conference Review EssaysMavluda Sattorova, Greed and Grievance: Corporations, States and International Investment… [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 5:09 am
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council moved to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group 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]
10 Apr 2013, 8:24 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)) For the most part, the monitoring of compliance with business enterprise obligations--whether self imposed through corporate standards of conduct, or derived form national or international law or governance regimes-- has fallen to independent civil society organizations. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 2:00 pm by Susan Schneider
Professor Ewelukwa is the Secretary General of the African Society of International Law.Professor Ewelukwa's scholarship focuses particularly on international investment law and arbitration, business and human rights, China-Africa trade and investment relations, as well as the intersection of intellectual property law and human rights. [read post]
6 Aug 2018, 8:38 pm
Identify the legal framework within which the regulation of corporate social responsibility is framed within the United States, within international organizations, and among corporate actors.2. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 6:43 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
On December 16, 2011, the International Law in Domestic Courts Interest Group of the American Society of International Law will hold its annual works-in-progress workshop at Brigham Young University. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 6:56 am
Binding: civil society's claim for a binding treaty on Human Rights, TNCs and other Business. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 8:00 pm
In his 2006 report, the Special Representative surveyed allegations of the worst cases of corporate-related human rights harm. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 4:20 pm
” BASESwiki is an initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights and is undertaken in cooperation with the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and with the support and collaboration of the International Bar Association and the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman of the World Bank Group. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 8:10 pm
See here for Information Note for NGOs.Mandate At its 26th session, on 26 June 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 26/9 by which it decided “to establish an 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… [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 7:47 pm by Larry Catá Backer
” The rise and development of CSR campaign had deeply rooted in the background of globalization with international politics and the activity of international organization like consumer rights organization, labor union, region organization, and human rights organization. [read post]
19 May 2014, 2:49 pm
This autonomous responsibility, grounded in international norms, also informs the nature of the corporate obligation to comply with local law. [read post]
11 Apr 2017, 3:01 pm
In addition, CSR has become a lever for civil society organizations to influence corporate practice and public policy.Advocates have seen CSR as a means of addressing governance gaps where government is weak. [read post]