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2 Jun 2020

Blog

This section contains opinion pieces from the business and human rights movement, written by both our global team and many authors outside of our organisation. These have been curated and published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.

2024: The year of elections, conflict – and business transformation?

Will our next governments sustain a business-as-usual approach that helps drive accelerated climate breakdown, a fifth mass extinction, and unsustainable levels of inequality that threaten the fabric of our democracies? Or can our movements, collectively, help present ‘just economy manifestos’ to all politicians to highlight urgent opportunities that arise from emergent better practice, asks Phil Bloomer, BHRRC.

Blog series

Building momentum: Critical considerations in the Binding Treaty 2023 negotiations

In this blog series experts from various backgrounds and regions share their insights on the latest draft of the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights ahead of the 9th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group.

Rights under fire: A business & human rights lens one year after Russia’s military aggressions in Ukraine

On 24 February Russia invaded Ukraine prompting widespread global economic sanctions. Businesses operating in Russia have been under pressure to review their presence and undertake heightened due diligence - but one year on more than 1,000 companies are still present and there is little evidence of effective action.

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence

Experts from civil society, governments and business discuss what Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence could mean for advancing human rights in business.

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    Principles for an accountable private sector in a just energy transition

    23 Oct 2023 Juan Carlos Ochoa and Nadia Saracini, Christian Aid

    In a new report, Christian Aid examines the role of the private sector in delivering a just and equitable energy transition, and the need to ensure business both respects human rights and contributes to their fulfilment. The report finds a lack of regulations and corporate short-term profit maximisation are contributing to human rights and environmental concerns.

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    Five reasons the Binding Treaty needs to be feminist

    20 Oct 2023 Feminists for a Binding Treaty

    If the Binding Treaty is to really make a difference, it should consider the specific challenges faced by women, gender-diverse people and their communities in the face of corporate abuses...We need a feminist Binding Treaty that holds businesses accountable, and therein, puts people before profit.

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    Building momentum to negotiate a stronger binding business and human rights treaty for all

    16 Oct 2023 Elodie Aba, Senior Legal Researcher, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

    In order to support and elevate efforts from civil society organisations, workers and communities, especially those in the Global South, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and its partners recently convened a series of three webinars to foster critical thinking around the Binding Treaty.

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    A Belt and Road prestige project: A story of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

    11 Oct 2023 Joanna Klabisch

    Implementing large infrastructure projects in a socially and environmentally responsible manner in developing countries is always a challenge - and the case of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail clearly shows signs of several structural weaknesses, argues Joanna Klabisch, China-Programme Manager at Asienhaus Stiftung.

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    Achieving a sustainable society through respect for human rights in the supply chain

    6 Oct 2023 Professor Emi Sugawara, Osaka University of Economics and Law

    To create a sustainable society, respect for human rights throughout the supply chain is essential. Professor Emi Sugawara, from the Osaka University of Economics and Law, discusses in this latest blog.

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    Why access to effective remedy is a top priority: Reflections on Article 7 of the Binding Treaty

    6 Oct 2023 Obert Bore, Responsible Business and Human Rights Lead, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)

    Without a strong binding treaty that addresses hurdles to accessing justice, the hope of realising corporate accountability will never be fulfilled. Obert Bore, Responsible Business and Human Rights Lead at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) elaborates in this blog.

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    Conflict and exodus in Nagorno-Karabakh: bp’s urgent responsibilities

    4 Oct 2023 Nora Mardirossian, senior legal researcher at Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (writing in a personal capacity), Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

    As Azerbaijan prosecutes direct ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, questions have been raised about the role of foreign business partners in the region – particularly bp, Azerbaijan’s largest foreign investor.

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    The elephant in the room: reflections on the updated draft of the legally binding treaty

    29 Sep 2023 Andressa Soares, Homa - Human Rights and Business Institute

    Andressa Soares, Director of Homa - Human Rights and Business Institute, explores the current mismatch between calls from the international community, backed up by affected communities, for a strong treaty - against the updated draft text which appears to be losing crucial elements.

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    Negotiating the scope of human rights due diligence in the UN binding treaty & the EU CSDDD

    29 Sep 2023 Jasmine Elliott & Irene Pietropaoli, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

    As trilogue negotiations for the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive continue and an updated draft of the UN legally binding instrument on business and human rights was recently published in advance of the 9th working group session in October, there is an opportunity to influence both debates and negotiations to maximise impact, argue Jasmine Elliott & Irene Pietropaoli from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

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    Losing way? Concerns ahead of the 9th round of negotiations on the Binding Treaty

    22 Sep 2023 Viviana Tacha, Centro Sociojurídico para la Defensa Territorial SIEMBRA

    Viviana Tacha of SIEMBRA outlines her concern the latest updated draft Binding Treaty on business and human rights ignores many valuable considerations from states, civil society organisations and communities affected by the activities of transnational corporations, diminishing the strength of the political process and undermining the effectiveness of the legal instrument being drafted and negotiated.

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