Smith, Jackie
(2019)
The Growth of Corporate Influence in Sub-National Political & Legal Institutions Undermines U.S. Compliance with International Human Rights Obligations.
Technical Report.
UNSPECIFIED, https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/4/49/UPR_US_Cities_Stakeholder_Report_2019_Final_Submission_with_summary.pdf.
Abstract
The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, a network of grassroots human rights leaders working to promote community-based efforts to implement international human rights standards, filed its UPR Cities Stakeholder Report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States’ human rights record. The UN’s UPR process solicits documentation from community stakeholders, which experts and other national leaders use to evaluate the performance reports provided by the national government. The report theme, “the growth of corporate influence in sub-national political & legal institutions undermines U.S. compliance with international human rights obligations” grew from more than a year of consultations among community-based organizers and municipal officials about local human rights challenges. The key areas where corporate influence affected human rights include local democracy, affordable housing, privatization and the right to water, militarism and gun violence, environment and health, and racial equity. All of these issues, the document argues, are related to routine operations of corporate entities in state and local politics and in their day-to-day business activities. The report offers recommendations for national policy changes that would improve local human rights conditions.
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Technical Report |
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October 2019 |
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https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/4/49/UPR_US_Cities_Stakeholder_Report_2019_Final_Submission_with_summary.pdf |
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University of Pittsburgh |
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Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Sociology |
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Yes |
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29 Aug 2022 13:18 |
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31 Aug 2022 04:55 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/43664 |
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