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It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

The Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group that is considering an international treaty on business and human rights held its third session from October 23-27 in Geneva.

The scope and scale of many employers' global operations and their global supply chains are expanding.

Thousands of women in the United States, who never knowingly or intentionally entered the sex industry, find themselves trapped in a world of unspeakable abuse.

The human trafficking industry preys on vulnerable young women throughout the world who seek to escape poverty, violence, and oppression

The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that the State of Texas did not violate the First Amendment when it refused to approve a specialty license plate that featured the Confederate battle flag.

On May 2, 2022, a draft opinion in the pending US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was leaked to the public. The draft opinion purports to...

We have written several times in this blog about the awe-inspiring technologies coming online for use by federal and state law enforcement and the threats that these technologies poses to Fourth Amendment rights.

The most fundamental human right is the right not to be killed by another human being.

A historic Black church in Dallas, founded by formerly enslaved people in 1884, faced organized community opposition when seeking to restore its property and obtain a special use permit. After months of legal advocacy challenging unconstitutional restrictions, the church secured unanimous approval from the Addison City Council to continue operations as a place of worship.

Every month, our attorneys put out articles, alerts, white papers, blog posts and podcasts on a wide range of ESG, CSR and business and human rights compliance topics...

Both the House and Senate will be in session this week.

The relationship between U.S. law and Indigenous sacred heritage has long been complex — and often fraught. The American legal system is rooted in private property and individual rights...

West Virginia Board of Education Policy 4350 provides legal guidance on the issues of the collection, maintenance, and disclosure of student data ("Policy 4350"). Most, if not all, West Virginia county boards of education have a policy in place that mirrors Policy 4350.

In the past year, but particularly in the months since November 9, we have been forced to deal with the harsh reality that our nation is severely divided.

Navigating the complex process of removal from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals List requires understanding the regulatory framework, petition requirements, and strategic considerations involved in delisting.

Ephrem Gebray arrived in the United States in May 2017 seeking asylum from the State of Eritrea—an African nation that Human Rights Watch considers one of the most repressive in the world.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that the Trump administration unlawfully denied bond hearings to thousands of noncitizens detained by ICE in New England. The decision affirms that the government's 2025 policy change, which abandoned decades of precedent, violates federal law and due process protections for immigrants arrested within the United States.