Water security – a different perspective
12 April 2012 | by Daniel Yeo
Last month, the U.S. Intelligence Community, at the request of the U.S. State Department, published a global water security assessment addressing the question: “How will water problems (shortages, poor water quality, or floods) impact U.S. national security interests over the next 30 years?” The report is a notable and solid contribution to understanding water security...

Myanmar: Investing in the Future of Democracy and Human Rights
03 April 2012 | by Salil Tripathi
The results of Sunday’s historic elections in Myanmar appear to have given Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy (NLD) overwhelming support in the 45 constituencies for which by-elections were held. Early indications suggest that even though most NLD leaders spent many years in prison, with some being released only a month before elections, the support the party enjoys among the masses has remained intact...

Expert Conference: Business and Human Rights - Principles to Practice
08 May 2012
This week European officials, businesses and other stakeholders are meeting in Copenhagen for a conference entitled "Business and Human Rights - Principles to Practice" under the auspices of the Danish Government, which is currently serving as the Presidency of the European Union. Designed to initiate national implementation plans in all 27 EU countries for the UN Guiding Principles, the conference is being co-facilitated by the Institute for Business and Human Rights...

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
30 April 2012
The Institute for Human Rights and Business(IHRB) welcomes the initiative by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to develop a General Comment on Child Rights and the Business Sector. IHRB appreciates the opportunity to provide input to the Committee based on the CRC’s annotated outline.