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Obstacles to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
There are persistent, and in many respects, intensifying obstacles confronting the business and human rights agenda in Southeast Asia.
Palm oil, migrant workers, indigenous peoples and corporations: Responses of Malaysia’s Human Rights Commission
Malaysia’s Suhakam plays a crucial role in promoting the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Overcoming Oligarchy? The UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the Philippines. (中文)
Major human rights abuses and even business-related killings are widespread in the Philippines.
INTERVIEW—COVID-19 and Belt and Road: Some of the issues impacting business and human rights
Business and Human Rights is always a controversial area, but COVID-19 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative are among the most acute challenges.
India and Australia’s federal systems have responded fairly well to COVID-19. But the US system hasn’t
COVID-19 is laying bare the strengths and weaknesses of federal systems, and the US system is showing itself to be weak.