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9 Dec 2010, 4:20 am by Gary L. Francione
And I also have no doubt that the meat, dairy, egg and other products sold with the Humane Choice Label, which is promoted by Humane Society International, a branch of HSUS, are not from animals that most of us would regard as “humanely” treated. [read post]
12 May 2017, 12:45 pm
The first touches on the appropriate level—local, national, international, or transnational—for the legal regulation of corporations. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:59 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  International human rights regimes, on the other hand, increasingly turned to the ideal of stakeholder welfare maximizing models as the basis for corporate governance and corporate obligation with respect to its activities. [read post]
13 Feb 2018, 8:12 am
This book presents theoretical and practical considerations on whether it would be feasible to adopt an international treaty on business and human rights to address corporate human rights abuses. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by Catherine Morris
Civil society organizations and academics have criticized the CORE as failing to fulfil the federal government’s 2018 promises of an independent, effective corporate accountability mechanism. [read post]
3 May 2017, 7:39 am
  These would fuse the soft law business and human rights normative project of international organizations and civil society with national systems that remain tied to the conventional constraints of territory and the preservation of the now century old premises of corporate law. [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 3:08 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Download Photos/B-roll >> Read Sara's blog >>   Media contact: Erica Heffner: 202-770-6575, eheffner@humanesociety.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]
2 Nov 2010, 8:40 am
Similarly, our group has worked with the United Nations' Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie (prior IntLawGrrls posts), to create a page on the Business and Society Exploring Solutions site for the posting of comments and for debate about the U.S. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 10:26 am
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014)) Corporate social responsibility, both in its traditional forms and in its current international form as as species of human rights, has become an important issue of corporate governance both in the national and international spheres.But the discourse, and the premises underlying it, are usually based on Western models of corporate governance and the structuring of political states and public order. [read post]
8 Aug 2019, 7:37 am
(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]
6 Apr 2013, 6:11 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, in particular, has evidenced an evolution that suggests the potential for advancing international human rights frameworks, domestic law and corporate practice through the medium of its investment strategies. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 10:49 am
The UN Guiding Principles reflect the up to date most authoritative expression of the existing international consensus on this issue-area, as reflected in the overall support to the principles by States, companies and international civil society actors at large. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 7:41 pm
It directs "to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 8:27 am
  The European Society of International Law Research Forum, International Law in Times of Disorder and Contestation, will be hosted by the Hebrew University of Jersulam's Faculty of Law. [read post]
4 Jun 2017, 7:51 pm
Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises, interrogating its conceptual framework and its implementation programs. [read post]
As 2,500 international stakeholders from national governments, international organizations, businesses, trade unions, civil society, lawyers, local communities, and academia gathered at the 11th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights (UNBHR Forum) last year, one message was clear: Business and human rights expectations and obligations are on the rise. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 7:17 pm
  In July 2020, MSIntegrity Released its Report: Not Fit for Purpose: The Grand Experiment of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives in Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Good Governance. [read post]