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| John Morrison, Executive Director, IHRB |
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Invitation to participate in a multi-stakeholder discussion on the proposed update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Nov. 9th 2009 |
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by John Morrison, Executive Director |
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Our first quarterly e-newsletter
We're pleased to be sending you the first quarterly update on the work of the Institute for Human Rights and Business.
Following our official launch earlier this year, and the establishment of our Board, regional advisers and staff we now have been granted both ‘Institute’ and ‘Charity’ (not-for-profit) status in the UK.
The Institute is committed to being an international, independent organization focused on policy and practice in relation to business and human rights. We are engaging with the private and public sectors and civil society in all aspects of our work, providing analysis on key business and human rights issues, as well as developing path-breaking research, consultative processes and policy recommendations on select key challenges in the field.
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| Thematic Issues
The Institute has identified a select number of thematic issues around which we are developing in depth studies and policy guidance. These include:
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Land Acquisition - following a pilot convening in Delhi in June, we are exploring the role of business and other actors on issues relating to land rights. Our draft policy paper will be available shortly;
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Natural Resource Use/Management - following a pilot convening on Water in 2008, we are planning a series of meetings including in South and East Africa and Latin America in 2010 to address the roles and responsibilities of the private sector concerning natural resource use and management;
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Labour Migration and Human Rights – working with IBLF, we are launching a series of multi-stakeholder roundtables to address (i) migrant worker rights in the hospitality sector in relation to the 2012 London Olympics; (ii) management of migration and worker protection in manfacturing supply chains in SE Asia). Possible future focus on the construction sector in the Middle East and Malaysia.
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The Crisis in the Financial Sector - we are beginning work on the role of human rights in non-financial risk assessment and will be organizing in the coming months a series of consultations to discuss our initial research;
We are also engaging on select issues which cut across all our work:
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The legal and conceptual boundaries of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights;
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Gender and in particular its relationship to labour migration, land and water issues;
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Evaluating current business practice in applying human rights due diligence;
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Emerging policy and practice issues for 2010 |
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Choose your Top 10
To encourage dialogue and debate, we will be releasing a top 10 list of 2010 emerging business and human rights issues on International Human Rights Day, 10 December of this year.
We have created a draft list of 15 key emerging issues to stimulate discussion amongst key stakeholders of the Institute. We invite your feedback by 10 November 2009.
Which of these are the biggest priority in your global region and within your particular business/community/governmental perspective? Which issues are missing from the list?
Please contact kate.timperley@institutehrb.org to submit your views.
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