At the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights (the “Forum”) held at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland this past week, some 4000 thought leaders, human rights defenders, companies, civil society...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-awaited Executive Order establishing the legal authority for the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury Department”) to institute an unprecedented regulatory regime restricting...more
As the European Union has made continued progress toward implementing a holistic human rights legislative agenda, the United States, in the wake of the recent second Summit for Democracy, began to push its own set of human...more
Business and human rights is continuing its steady march toward becoming a business imperative. There are sweeping new or proposed laws focused on human rights, such as the EU’s Proposal for a Directive on Corporate...more
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