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Central banks and human rights: Signs of alignment

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by Motoko Aizawa, Managing Director, IHRB USA.
This commentary was originally published on RightingFinance and reproduced here with permission. The work of central banks is not easily understood and often takes place out of direct public view. Equipped with traditional macroeconomic tools of the trade, central bankers fulfill their main function - to keep prices stable by fighting inflation - through regulation of money supply and interest rates. 

Business Briefing on Responsible Recruitment - 28th June, London

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IHRB and Verité, in partnership with ETI and SEDEX, are convening a business briefing on responsible recruitment. The event will address this emerging issue and provide a forum to discuss risks, challenges and best practice solutions.
Herringham Hall, Regents University, Regents Park, London NW1 4NS Tuesday 28th June 2016, 9.30am - 12.30pm IHRB and Verité, in partnership with ETI and SEDEX, are convening a business briefing on responsible recruitment. The event will address this emerging issue and provide a forum to discuss risks, challenges and solutions.

Voices: Michael Sandel

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For more than two decades, Boele has advised companies dealing in natural resources, retail, and property on human rights and social impacts. Recently he spoke to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about the changing landscape of business and human rights.
Michael Sandel is one of the leading thinkers in the world on the ideas of justice and morality. He applies philosophy and ethics to help understand complex problems. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he teaches political philosophy. He has written extensively on justice, ethics, democracy and markets, and his course on justice is the first Harvard course made available free online.  Sandel's books include What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets;  Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?; and The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering. He has served on the U.S. President's Council on Bioethics. Recently in Cambridge, MA, IHRB's Salil Tripathi talked to Dr Sandel about business and human rights. To what extent does morality guide markets? Is it enough for business to comply with existing laws, or should it strive to do more? What responsibility does business have towards its workers, communities, and society at large?    Your browser does not support the audio player Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 7.8MB - Duration: 6:36 m (128 kbps 44100 Hz)

Invitation: The UN Guiding Principles 5-Year Anniversary Event

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IHRB and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) are pleased to invite you to the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights Five-Year Anniversary Event
Reflections on the Business and Human Rights Landscape: Where have the UN GPs taken us, and where do we go next?     When: Thursday 16 June 2016, 17:30 - 19:00 followed by a reception   Where: Clifford Chance, 2001 K St. NW, Washington D.C., 2006  

Time to deliver on responsible supply chain commitments

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by Scott Jerbi, Senior Advisor for Policy & Outreach, IHRB.
As G7 leaders meet in Japan later this week, will we see scaled up joint action to ensure that all business activity, wherever it takes place, is undertaken in ways that respect the rights of workers and communities and enhance economic, environmental and social sustainability?

Forthcoming Guidance on Respecting LGBTI Rights

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by Salil Tripathi, IHRB.
The idea of human rights rests on the central premise that all humans are equal. It follows that all humans should be treated as equal, and all humans have dignity. Anything that undermines that dignity is a violation, for it violates the principle of equality, and it paves the way for discrimination. 

Voices: Kathryn Dovey

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Kathryn Dovey is the manager for National Contact Point (NCP) coordination at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
Kathryn Dovey is the manager for National Contact Point (NCP) coordination at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. NCPs are an OECD mechanism intended to further the effectiveness of OECD's Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by undertaking promotional activities, handling enquiries, and contributing to the resolution of issues that arise from the alleged non-observance of the Guidelines in specific instances. Civil society groups and trade unions have often resorted to the OECD mechanism to file complaints against companies which they argue have not observed the Guidelines.  Dovey was earlier tax policy analyst at OECD, and before that, director at the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights. She has also been a research fellow on gender issues at IHRB.  In a conversation with IHRB's Salil Tripathi, the OECD’s Kathryn Dovey discussed the reach of OECD National Contact Points (NCP), the potential NCPs represent, and how they could provide a way to ensure that companies act responsibly and adhere to international human rights standards.  Your browser does not support the audio player Download Filetype: MP3 - Size: 9.8MB - Duration: 8:38 m (160 kbps 44100 Hz)

Report: In Search of Policy Coherence - Aligning OECD Infrastructure Advice with Sustainable Development

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In a continuing effort to foster coherence among economic, social and environmental policies, the Heinrich Böll Foundation engaged IHRB to review key OECD deliverables to the G20 as they relate to infrastructure investment.
On December 1st of this year, Germany will take over the presidency of the Group of the 20 (G20) and host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in July 2017 in Hamburg. Strategic leadership of the G20 is required to steer the world community toward a sustainable future.

The Infrastructure We Don’t Want: OECD Infrastructure Advice to the G20

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by Motoko Aizawa, Managing Director, IHRB USA, and Nancy Alexander, Heinrich Boell Foundation-North America.
This commentary was originally published on the Heinrich Böll Foundation website.  As global growth has stalled over the last few years, the Group of 20 countries (G20) has made infrastructure investment a centerpiece of its policy work, expecting that massive infusions of investment would reinvigorate economic growth and advance job creation and development.  

Safeguarding Rights in the Big Data Revolution - Wilton Park

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IHRB and Wilton Park are co-hosting an invitation only, multi-stakeholder roundtable event on big data, with support from Ericsson AB.
Reliance on technology has resulted in a data explosion. As individuals, we create and release data about ourselves and our activities every minute of every day. Sources of data continue to grow in variety and complexity. Experts estimate that 90% of all the data in the world was created in the last 2 years.  Due to the scale and different kinds of data being generated, implementing safeguards for privacy and other rights has become more challenging. This issue does not solely affect ICT companies. In the near future, every company will be an ICT company to some extent, with increasing reliance on internet-enabled products and services. 




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