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Should corporations be liable for human rights violations under international law?
14 Nov 2024 18:47 GMT
… John Ruggie was appointed as the United Nations secretary-general’s special representative … on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business … international human rights law.
The UN …
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Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar
03 Nov 2024 04:42 GMT
… John Ruggie was appointed as the United Nations secretary-general’s special representative … on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business … international human rights law.
The UN …
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FIFA Urged to Uphold Human Rights Policies Amid Saudi Arabia World Cup 2034 Bid
22 May 2024 12:31 GMT
… John Ruggie. He previously shaped the United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights … from victims groups, NGOs, UN agencies, international unions and civil … organizations.”
The state-backed Saudi Human Rights Commission — whose leader met …
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Sports News | Human Rights Experts Urge FIFA to Scrutinise Saudi Arabia Before 2034 World Cup Vote
22 May 2024 09:23 GMT
… Arabia to comply with international human rights standards that the world soccer … John Ruggie. He previously shaped the United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights … seven years ago to embed human rights assessments of tournament bidders.
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Human rights experts urge FIFA to scrutinize Saudi Arabia before 2034 World Cup vote
22 May 2024 07:55 GMT
… Arabia to comply with international human rights standards that the world soccer … John Ruggie. He previously shaped the United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights … seven years ago to embed human rights assessments of tournament bidders.
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Human rights — ‘vision and reality’
20 Dec 2023 17:21 GMT
… Harvard Kennedy School colleague Professor John Ruggie, who spent the better part … normative principles to govern business practices related to human rights.
‘Unfortunately, progress in …
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What the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (Don’t) Say About Content Moderation
01 Nov 2022 02:23 GMT
… Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The … guidelines for business and human rights that aligned … and protect human rights under the human rights treaties that … Human Rights Council created international relations scholar John Ruggie’s …
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Mary Robinson: ‘Business needs to be bold and push for a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28’
02 Nov 2023 09:47 GMT
… before becoming UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002 … then U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, inviting … John Ruggie, was adopting a very business approach and not a very human rights … is about human rights and business, not business accommodating to …
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Human Rights Council Discusses Situation of Human Rights in South Sudan, Cambodia and Sudan under its Agenda Item on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
06 Oct 2021 17:32 GMT
… passing of John Ruggie, the former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on human rights and … the essence of human rights norms. Sadly, the Special Rapporteur and human rights advocates were utterly …
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BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Yemen; (2) Tribute To John Ruggie
21 Sep 2021 19:24 GMT
… John Ruggie’s life and
work.
As the first Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on Business … and Human Rights, Ruggie
travelled the …
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