Tag: Business & Human Rights
U.S. agrees to develop NAP on business & human rights
The Obama Administration announced on Wednesday, Sept. 24 that it would review and account for the human rights impacts of U.S. businesses.
Designierte EU-Handelskommissarin Malmström legt sich nicht fest
Neue EU-Kommission: Junckers Handelschefin im Kreuzfeuer
Junckers Handelschefin Malmström in der Kriti
Designierte EU-Handelskommissarin Malmström soll amerikanische Interessen vertreten haben
Einen Schritt vor, dann einen zurĂĽck
Academics & experts tell Senate to avoid data retention mandates
Today twenty-two professors of law, technology, and human rights sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to keep data retention out of the USA Freedom (USAF) Act.
Spotlighting surveillance: Where states can lead on transparency reporting
States have lagged far behind other stakeholders when it comes to reporting on their surveillance activity, especially on national security matters.
Russian Email Giant Takes Over VKontakte, ‘Russia’s Facebook’
Joint Submission to the UN UPR Working Group
Access, in coordination with partners, has submitted a comment in advance of the Human Rights Council 2015 Universal Periodic Review of the United States of America, which calls for reform of current surveillance laws, including the establishment of remedial mechanisms.