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Areas of Focus in 2017:

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Release of U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct

Following ongoing and extensive advocacy, in 2016 the U.S. government released the first U.S. National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct. We are calling upon the Trump Administration to extend upon the precedents established in the National Action Plan and on all stakeholders to work together to build upon the commitments made by the Obama Administration.

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Launch of the Corporate Crime Principles

In partnership with Amnesty International we launched the Corporate Crimes Principles: Advancing Investigations and Prosecutions in Human Rights Cases in 2016.

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Establishment of the Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human Rights

We established the International Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human Rights in partnership with the Harrison Institute for Public Law at Georgetown University and the Danish Institute for Human Rights. 

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Latest News and Analysis:

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Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
Surge in Garment Industry Transparency: Laws Needed to Ensure Companies Adopt Human Rights Practices
Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
Letters from ICAR, Corporate Capture
Corporate Capture & Democracy: Building our Collective Future
Letters from ICAR, Corporate Capture
Letters from ICAR, Corporate Capture
ICAR Letter in Support of Striking United Auto Workers
Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
ICAR Launches Online Apparel Data Directory to Connect Advocates with Data on Working Conditions in the Apparel Sector
Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
Disclosure & Transparency, Labor Rights, Supply Chains
ICAR Updates
ICAR Welcomes David McKean as Legal and Policy Director
ICAR Updates
ICAR Updates
ICAR welcomes the introduction of the Corporate Human Rights Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Mitigation Act of 2019
ICAR urges securities regulator to develop comprehensive environmental, social, and governance disclosure requirements
International Corporate Accountability Roundtable Welcomes Longtime Transparency Advocate Alison Friedman as Executive Director
Disclosure & Transparency, MSA, Human Rights Due Dil
Joint Submission on Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018’s Draft Guidance for Reporting Entities
Disclosure & Transparency, MSA, Human Rights Due Dil
Disclosure & Transparency, MSA, Human Rights Due Dil

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Director's Letter

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Roadmap for a Rights-Based Economy

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. As conservative populist movements spread across the world, so too do threats to fundamental freedoms and to the protection of our environment. At the root of much of the frustration feeding this rise is a sense that the current model of globalization has worked for too few. But this need not be the case. It is time for us to build a just and prosperous economy that works for all.

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