Dec 10, 2018 US Government Issues Human Rights Sanctions After Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing By Justin Simeone Nabeel Yousef On November 15, 2018, the US Government issued sanctions against 17 Saudi individuals for involvement in the killing of Washington Post...
Nov 29, 2018 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2018: Day 3 By Natalie Sheehan The roles played by investors, corporates and state-owned enterprises were in the spotlight on Day 3 of the UN Forum. A key theme was...
Nov 27, 2018 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2018: Day 2 By Michael Quayle Natalie Sheehan A focus on human rights due diligence continued into Day 2 of the UN Forum, highlighting the importance of factoring gender...
Nov 26, 2018 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2018: Day 1 By Michael Quayle Natalie Sheehan Key players in the business and human rights world congregate in Geneva this week for the annual UN Forum. Hard on the heels of the UN...
Nov 16, 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark 2018: Key Findings Report Released By Michael Quayle The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, released earlier this week, gives low scores to a surprisingly large number of the apparel,...
Nov 07, 2018 UN Working Group reports on human rights due diligence By Michael Quayle The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights has published a report on trends in human rights due diligence,...
Oct 15, 2018 Human rights invoked by Dutch Court of Appeal in ordering the Netherlands to take action on climate change By Michael Quayle Last week, the Court of Appeal in the Netherlands ordered that the Dutch government must take steps to cut its greenhouse gas emissions...
Sep 28, 2018 Podcast: How sanctions are nudging business on forced labour By Caroline Doherty de Novoa Stephanie Brown Cripps talks with Ian Welsh on the Innovation forum podcast about how governments – particularly the US – are...
Aug 29, 2018 Money laundering risks from human trafficking: new FATF/APG report By Michael Quayle By Emily FeirmanWhere there is human trafficking, there is usually money changing hands; financial institutions should examine their own...
Aug 14, 2018 Developments in parent company liability in English law: what are the implications for corporate human rights policies? By Michael Quayle In the wake of the Court of Appeal’s decision in AAA v Unilever last month, we examine how evolving jurisprudence on parent company...
Jul 24, 2018 Legislative efforts to tackle modern slavery ramp up in Australia and the UK By Michael Quayle With an all-new modern slavery bill before the Australian House of Representatives and increasing calls for reform of the UK Modern...
Jun 19, 2018 Modern Slavery: The End of the Beginning? By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Freshfields was honored to host a two-day conference last week presented by the Innovation Forum focusing on how business can tackle...