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01
DEC
2014

Mega Sporting Events: Examining the World Cup and the Olympics from a Business and Human Rights

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The International Bar Association and the Human Rights in Business Program at American University-Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law are pleased to invite you to attend a panel discussion entitled: Mega Sporting Events: Examining th...
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19
MAY
2014

The Journey of a Corporate Idealist

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Anyone familiar with the business and human rights community likely knows Christine Bader. Respected by business officials, government leaders, and NGO activists alike, she made a name for herself directing sustainability issues at BP, as an assistant to John Ruggie, while he...
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10
FEB
2014

HRIBP Hosts Panel on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles

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On Thursday, February 6th, the Human Rights in Business Program hosted a panel discussion on business and human rights,”BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: How is the Global Business Community Responding to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Three Years After its...
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14
JAN
2014

The Montreux Document Five Years On: Growing Acceptance Despite Mixed Record

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From December 11 to 13, 2013, the Swiss Government, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), hosted the Montreux +5 Conference in Montreux, Switzerland. Montreux +5 brought...
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26
NOV
2013

The Fight for Justice Continues: Six Amici Submitted Briefs to The Court in Support of the Abu Ghraib torture survivors

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In response to the judgment of the Fourth Circuit district court in the Al Shimari v. CACI International Inc., which dismissed the case and required plaintiffs to pay CACI $13,731.61 for the legal fees, six amici briefs were submitted on Nov 9th with the Fourth Circuit Court of...
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25
SEP
2013

Increasing Shareholder Profits: the need to restructure a faltering model

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Why has corporate governance placed so much importance on the value of shareholders?  Is it that shareholders contribute the most to the corporation?  Or is it that corporate stability is based on making the shareholders happy?  Steven Pearlstein addresses these issues in his...
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17
SEP
2013

North American Civil Society Mechanism Meets at Washington College of Law

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On Monday, September 16th, representatives from more than a dozen civil society organizations based in the U.S. and Canada met at American University’s Washington College of Law to discuss the pending Zero Draft of the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment...
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09
AUG
2013

Is the Muslim Brotherhood the Only Barrier Facing the New Egyptian Government?

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While the new Egyptian government is trying to move ahead regarding the political and the social conditions in Egypt and overcome the Muslims Brotherhood’s (MB) efforts to take the power back, it shows up that the government will deal with a more complex obstacle than MB. Some...
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07
AUG
2013

Hunger: A state of mind or a globally conceptualized definition

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In a globalized world where language and technology are becoming standardized, we, as a global community, have also attempted to standardize the meanings of concepts so complex that they cannot be so easily defined.  Examples of this include the inception of global definitions...
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