Dhaka Principle 5 - A Foundation for Migration With Dignity
Throughout 2022, IHRB is marking ten years of the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity with guest commentaries from representatives of business, trade unions, civil society organisations, and the UN system that reflect on the continuing...
18 July 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Jill Wells, Senior Policy Adviser at Engineers Against Poverty
Taking a Stand – How Can Business Respond to Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health Threats
The reverberations from the US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, which for nearly 50 years protected women’s reproductive rights, have been swift and dramatic. Eight states in the US had abortion bans in their laws which became effective...
10 July 2022 | Commentary
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Reflections on the Future of the Dhaka Principle 4 - No Migrant Workers’ Identity Documents Are Retained
Throughout 2022, IHRB is marking ten years of the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity with guest commentaries from representatives of business, trade unions, civil society organisations, and the UN system that reflect on the continuing...
Moving Beyond Voluntarism: Looking to the Future of the Voluntary Principles Initiative on Security and Human Rights
This year’s annual meeting of the Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPI), (the multistakeholder platform set up in 2000 to help extractive industries ensure their security operations respect human rights), considered an issue that, perhaps...
15 June 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Salil Tripathi, Senior Advisor, Global Issues, IHRB
The Global Migration Compact and the Role of Business
On May 17, UN member-state delegates and key stakeholders met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to debate the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This historic document outlines a shared...
07 June 2022 | Commentary
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IOM Commentary on Dhaka Principle 3 – Policies and Procedures Are Inclusive
Throughout 2022, IHRB is marking ten years of the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity with guest commentaries from representatives of business, trade unions, civil society organisations, and the UN system that reflect on the continuing...
How Businesses Can Step Up for Human Rights During this Global Crisis
The link between business and human rights is not new. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were adopted unanimously by governments over a decade ago — but the roots of the movement go much deeper still.
From Europe...
23 May 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB Julia Olofsson, Head, Human and Child Rights, Ingka Group (IKEA)
Improving Development Outcomes Through the Responsible Recruitment of Migrant Workers
This Monday, governments meet at the United Nations in New York for the first International Migration Review Forum - an intergovernmental platform to discuss and share progress on the implementation of The Global Compact for Safe Orderly and Regular...
16 May 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Neill Wilkins, Head of Migrant Workers Programme, IHRB
Why Business Might Thwart the UK Government’s Rwanda Asylum Export Plan
The recently announced plan to forcibly export asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda is, according to UNHCR, likely also to be illegal under international law. States which are party to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention cannot legally derogate from...
13 May 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by John Morrison, Chief Executive, IHRB
On Twitter – Why Free Speech Is Too Important to be Left in the Hands of Elon Musk
There is an old journalistic axiom, that if you are annoying the left and the right, you are doing something right.
Twitter may have thought it was at that sweet spot, since the medium enrages those who want the platform to ban preachers of hate...
25 April 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Salil Tripathi, Senior Advisor, Global Issues, IHRB
Why Convert Twitter into a Public Trust – A Radical Idea
Elon Musk has set Twitter on fire by proposing to buy-out existing shareholders of the popular social media platform and to take it private. To put it bluntly, placing a global public square (as Twitter fashions itself to be) in the hands of a...
25 April 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Vasuki Shastry, Author, ESG/Strategic Communications Expert; International Advisory Council, IHRB
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Does Mo Farah’s Trafficking Story Reflect the Reality of Modern Slavery?
On July 16 2022, Olympic athlete Mo Farah revealed that he had been a child victim of modern slavery – brought to England from Somaliland and made to work for the family who trafficked him. In a revealing documentary, Mo explained that after some...
26 July 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Neill Wilkins, Head of Migrant Workers Programme, IHRB