How to get started with ESG? ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) is a topic that is still attracting a great deal of attention. It’s no longer a hype, and some say the party is over, but that overlooks what ESG can mean for individual companies: for their risk management, their reputation, and their return on invested… Continue reading RISK, REPUTATION AND RETURN
Tag: human rights
ON FULL HUMAN BRAIN READING
Will the last protective wall disappear? It probably won’t be very long before artificial intelligence allows brain scanners to accurately and in detail report what images, thoughts and (memories of) feelings are stored in human brains. Decoding of brain activity raises all sorts of questions. First of all, it would be wonderful if this new… Continue reading ON FULL HUMAN BRAIN READING
LIABILITY FOR USER-GENERATED COMMENTS
Decision by the European Court of Human Rights The ECHR ruled today that Delfi (an Estonian commercially-run Internet news portal) was liable for the offensive online comments of its readers. Some consider this to be a serious blow to free speech online. Press release In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Delfi AS… Continue reading LIABILITY FOR USER-GENERATED COMMENTS
L4L – LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS
Helps lawyers in danger around the world I am supporting Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) for several years already. L4L is an independent and non-political foundation which seeks to promote the proper functioning of the rule of law by pursuing freedom and independence of the legal profession. L4L does this by supporting lawyers worldwide who are… Continue reading L4L – LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
European Court of Human Rights on good governance The European Court of Human Rights (2 October 2012, Case of Czaja v. Poland, 5744/05) reiterates the particular importance of the principle of good governance. It requires that where an issue pertaining to the general interest is at stake, especially when it affects fundamental human rights, including… Continue reading PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
WILL 2012 BE A BETTER YEAR?
It depends on us! What do you and I have in common? That we probably, just like all other people on earth, are descended from a people that lived in Africa in a far past. Thus considered we are all brothers and sisters. One big family, one big community, but not as closely and not… Continue reading WILL 2012 BE A BETTER YEAR?
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION GEERT WILDERS
Press release Amsterdam Court of Appeal Amsterdam Court of Appeal orders the criminal prosecution of the Member of Parliament of the Dutch Second Chamber Geert Wilders Amsterdam, 21 january 2009 – On 21 January 2009 the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam ordered the criminal prosecution of the member of parliament Geert Wilders for the incitement… Continue reading CRIMINAL PROSECUTION GEERT WILDERS