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United Nations (UN) member states signed onto a draft Legally Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights have been urged to advocate for...

“There is more work to do,” Sen. Mark Warner said.

Cleverly will arrive in Rwanda's capital Kigali on Tuesday morning and meet with the country's foreign minister, Vincent Biruta, to sign the treaty. Britain had intended to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrived on its shores without permission to Rwanda in a bid to deter migrants crossing the Channel from Europe in small boats. The United Kingdom's Supreme Court last month ruled the flights to Rwanda would violate international human rights laws enshrined in domes...

The 2nd annual session of the Africa Business and Human Rights Forum drew a diverse array of stakeholders from across the continent.

UN negotiations for a business and human rights treaty (Binding Treaty) taking place in Geneva next week will put the need for action to end (...)

Multinationals dominate the economy but no international body exists to defend workers in supply chains.

Last March, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative on due diligence. According to the Parliament, this initiative “paves the way” for legislation requiring “companies to address (...)

The world has embarked on a path to end plastic pollution witha historic international resolution th...

The world has embarked on a path to end plastic pollution witha historic international resolution th...

As of January 2022, UNCTAD reports that 9 new IIAs were signed in 2021, none of which are yet in force.