Tag: Human Rights

USA – Updating U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct (Marti Flacks, CSIS)

To mark the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN Guiding Principles) on June 16, 2021, Secretary of State Tony...

Germany – Bundestag adopts supply chain law tackling human rights abuses (Oliver Noyan, Euractiv)

"It is regrettable that politics is trying to achieve a good goal with a badly made law," said BDI CEO Joachim Lang, who expects...

(USA/Human Rights/Multilateral Institutions) Biden’s Next Steps on Human Rights: Multilateral Institutions (HRW)

Kenneth Roth The United States government's decision to "reengage" with the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council is a big step toward the multilateral support for human rights...

SOUTHEAST ASIA/PANDEMIC/HUMAN RIGHTS – How COVID-19 infected human rights protection (Champa Patel, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/17/how-covid-19-infected-human-rights-protection/

OCEAN/HUMAN RIGHTS – Tackling human rights abuses is critical to sustainable life at sea and on land (Priya Vithani, WEF)

As we recognize Human Rights Day, we must not forget abuses at sea. The vastness of the ocean makes it too big to...

USA/CHINA/HONG KONG – US plans to sanction more China officials over Hong Kong: Report (Al Jazeera)

The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing’s disqualification of elected...

EGYPT – Egypt releases rights activists after global pressure (Al Jazeera)

Egypt released three staff members of a leading human rights organisation following a concerted international campaign to free them – including concern expressed by...

AUSTRALIA/AFGHANISTAN – Australian war crimes and racist fantasies in Afghanistan (Sahar Ghumkhor, Al Jazeera)

Last week the distressing details of a four-year inquiry into the Australian Defence Force’s war crimes in Afghanistan were finally released to the public....

MIDDLE EAST – Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East: The Biden Agenda (Charles W. Dunne, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/democracy-and-human-rights-in-the-middle-east-the-biden-agenda/