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.

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.

Department director for Human Rights and Business, Allan Lerberg Jørgensen, explains why the US Supreme Court ruling to limit the Alien Tort Statute was bad news waiting to happen.

The re-launched Global Compact Assessment Tool makes it easier for companies to act ethically sound.

While the UN revives talks on an Arms Trade Treaty, Denmark is developing a Code of Conduct for companies transporting arms.

In a recent article, the American newspaper, the New York times, has quoted the institute expert on Afghanistan, Malek Sitez.

The Council is an independent entity, with the purpose to advance and protect human rights in Greenland, and to contribute and improve the general knowledge and capacities regarding human rights in Greenland.

The fourth edition of the biannual newsletter of the Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue was published earlier this week.

Human rights used to be seen as a government issue, but with new UN standards, how can corporate support be sustained?

The project It Takes All Kinds puts discrimination and homophobia on the agenda in schools all over Europe.

Joining forces: OECD and National Human Rights Institutions sign historic MoU to promote business respect of human rights

George Ulrich will speak about Progress Report on Synergies and Linkages between Danish Efforts to Promote Human Rights at the Multilateral Level and in the Development Cooperation.

The DIHR has partnered with Rio Tinto to produce a human rights guide for the major global mining company.

“We are already living in hell that the UN’s envoy al-Ibrahimi warns us against. It cannot get any worse.”

The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) has been awarded a tender to undertake a mapping survey of African National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) on business and human rights by the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI).

On 9th-11th of October, representatives from the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) were in Algeria to organize and take part in the seventh annual meeting of the Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue (AEHRD).

Barrick Gold and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) have signed a two-year agreement to collaborate on developing and promoting human rights tools for businesses and on ensuring the continuous strengthening of Barrick Gold’s human rights approach.

Members of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) met in Berlin earlier this month to attend a three day workshop on Business and Human Rights.