BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: STATES´ DUTIES DON´T END AT THE NATIONAL BORDERS
(WorldNews Switzerland)

23 June 2017 (Issued as received) - GENEVA (23 June 2017) -States should control corporations across national borders to protect communities from the negative impacts of their activities, UN human rights experts have said in an authoritative new guidance * on the Obligations of States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in the context of business activities. `States should regulate corporations that are domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction. This refers to corporations which have their statutory seat, central administration or principal place of business on their national territory,` the experts of the UN Committee on Economic,...