Yesterday, students from all continents celebrated the International Students’ Day by sharing their thoughts and initiatives for advancing student rights. This year, as part of the #fundourfuture initiative, the European Students’ Union focused on the global dimension of financing higher education and the struggles students face worldwide in relation to education budget cuts. More...

The report International Regulatory Co-operation: the Role of International Organisations in Fostering Better Rules of Globalisation,  recently launched at the OECD together with 5 other international organisations (FAO, ISO, OIML, UNECE, WHO) is not an obvious choice for the most exciting report of 2016. More...

Addressing modern slavery is becoming a business-critical for companies – for credibility with customers, investors, NGOs and the public – according to new research by Hult International Business School and The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI). 77% of companies think there is a likelihood of modern slavery occurring in their supply chains, up from 71% last year, and it is perceived to be more widespread – in particular in the UK, and at the farthest reaches of the supply chain. More...

At times we describe cities with the most hopeful and  endearing terms. Think of “The City of Light”, “The City of Lilies”, “Pearl of the Danube”, “The Holy City”, and so on and so forth. More...

The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) is correctly interested in examining more closely the question of legal liability of organizations, including corporations. The broad question raised is what makes for an effective system for the liability of legal persons and as the WGB recognizes, there are many choices that follow if corporate criminal liability is adopted. More...