commentaries by Phil Bloomer of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Josua Loots of Univ. of Pretoria, call for efforts to implement Guiding Principles & to develop global treaty to complement each other
Foreign Minister of Ecuador argues treaty would hold multinationals accountable for rights abuses & provide effective remedies for victims
call for articles only available in Portuguese, submissions may be in English, Portuguese or Spanish; deadline: 24 Nov
Events
Forthcoming events:
“Debt & human rights: The case of financial complicity” (Warwick, UK, 5 Nov)
conference on accountability for corporate abuses in dictatorships & conflicts (London, 5 Nov)
conference on managing human rights risks in business (London, 10 Nov)
"Ensuring remedy for corporate human rights abuses" in the EU (Brussels, 12 Nov)
"Home country efforts to regulate foreign investment for sustainable development" (New York, 12-13 Nov)
Details of these and other events further in the future can be found here. Please send relevant event information to Sam Whannel: whannel@business-humanrights.org
Jobs
Vacancies at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: