Emerging ESG Regulation Hub

Bangladesh Human Rights Policy Priorities

• 🔥 Rights groups call on new BNP government: Human Rights Watch and other groups called on...

Post-election priority: HRW and allies call on BNP to enact laws for lasting protections, addressing expression, Indigenous rights, women, and...

Key highlights from the forum linking human rights, democracy, rule of law, and climate change:

• Event: 5th UN Forum session, chaired by Ioannis...

Tech-driven governance for critical minerals: SAGINT digitizes the full lifecycle, enabling mine-to-market traceability to cut fraud and boost...

Key angles on human rights due diligence (HRDD) pressures:

• EU Legal Push: Upcoming regulations mandate human rights and environmental due...

Yaqiu Wang outlines core challenges in funding China human rights work:

• Shifting donor priorities amid evolving landscapes
• Drawbacks of...

Latin American Labor and Regulatory Reforms

• 🔥 Argentina Glacier Law Reform: Reform of Glacier Law in Argentina could unlock up to US$40bn, with...

Critical risks for investors and supply chains in fragile Syria:

• Governance vacuum allows armed groups impunity, enabling kidnappings, sexual...

Key resources tackling EU due diligence in supply chains:

• Practical retail strategies: BRC Breakfast event covers human rights due diligence...

Latin America Regulatory Proposals

• 🔥 Argentina Glacier Law Reform: Reform of Glacier Law in Argentina could unlock up to US$40bn in...

Critical ESG signals from Haiti for emerging markets professionals:

• 1.4M displaced by gang violence, unprecedented internal crisis.
• Sexual...

Glacier Law reform in Argentina could unlock up to US$40bn in mining investments, focusing on greenfield copper projects due to the sector's underdevelopment compared to Chile and Peru.

Brazil's congressional bill to reduce weekly work hours advances without broad impact assessment on cooperatives and jobs.

OCESC study highlights...

UK delivered a statement at the UN Human Rights Council 61st session in Geneva for the interactive dialogue with the Group of Experts on Nicaragua. Key international spotlight on human rights governance for ESG risk in emerging markets.

Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, chaired by Sara Hossain, reported serious violations from protests to the UN Human Rights Council at its 61st session in Geneva on 16 March 2026.

Essential for investors: Philippines' IPRA 1997 mandates four pillars of rights for ICCs/IPs, ensuring compliance in land deals.

• Ancestral domains:...

Trump administration has added no new companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act blacklist to date, potentially easing forced labor due diligence pressures for Xinjiang-linked supply chains amid policy flux.

Iran Human Rights Legal Restrictions

• 🔥 Women's Rights Laws: Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran adopted a civil code based on...

• International Spotlight: UN Human Rights Council's 61st session held a joint interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur and Fact-finding...

• Street bustle hides shrinking formal economy: Low productivity, vanishing tax base, and deindustrialization turn factories into pavements
• Educated...