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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.
The COP29 finance agreement must drive new action for corporate human rights protections
The COP29 finance agreement is a major disappointment – and has profound implications for peoples and governments right across the Global South.
Rich countries have failed to deliver the climate finance that is needed to help developing country governments to decarbonise, adapt and repair the loss and damage that is already upon them, says Executive Director Phil Bloomer.
Business and human rights experts share their reflections on the treaty process for the last 10 years and the key points to address as it moves forward.
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.
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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19 Feb 201919/2/19 - Sharan Burrow, secretary general, ITUC, and Phil Bloomer, executive director of BHRRC
Stronger and more harmonised human rights due diligence requirements would go a long way in providing investors and civil society with better information to assess whether companies are doing enough
4 Feb 2019Carolijn Terwindt, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights & Gisela Burckhardt, FEMNET e.V.
As audits are increasingly adopted by companies to fulfil their human rights due diligence obligations, transparency and liability should be minimum conditions.
30 Jan 2019Ingrid Landau is a Lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University. Dr Shelley Marshall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Graduate School of Business and Law at RMIT University.
