UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Human rights impact of China’s ‘Going Out’ policy highlights challenges of a just transition
Golda Benjamin, (Aug 19, 2021)

COMMENT: The Belt and Road initiative has been hit by allegations of social and environmental abuses, despite Chinese commitments to the contrary. Golda Benjamin of BHRRC calls for more transparency, particularly from the country's financial sector
A decade after the UN Guiding Principles, companies have a new responsibility
Désirée Abrahams, (Aug 3, 2021)

COMMENT: Désirée Abrahams of Global Action Plan argues that a new approach to due diligence is needed that spans both action to address climate change and unintended human rights consequences
National laws vs human rights: what happens when companies must choose?
Arianne Griffith, (Jun 7, 2018)

Firms operating in countries where homosexuality is a crime, or where the government demands access to user data, must retain their focus on human rights, argues Arianne Griffith of BIICL, which has just published guidance for companies

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