On May 23, McDonald's shareholders will vote on a resolution requesting that the company identify and publicly report its human rights impacts.

On the first day of the international congress for human rights institutions, the Danish Institute for Human Rights was handed the prestigious A-accreditation.

Vicky Bowman has been appointed as Director of the newy created Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business in Yangon.

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Senior Researcher Fellow and PhD, will be new head of research at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is MA in Political Science with a PhD in law.