The ICC International Maritime Bureau has reported that a product tanker was recently boarded by armed attackers at anchorage off Lagos.
Planning is underway for the Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. With the cooperation and support of ICC through its Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy initiative, the gathering will take place in Dubai, UAE from 3-5 February 2008.
As the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting kicked off in Bali on Monday, business made a strong plea to the negotiators representing more than 190 countries to design a global framework with the long term horizon top of mind.
In international data transfers, understanding whether your party is a “data controller” or “data processor” is not as easy as it may sound; but making this distinction is critical in determining one’s rights and responsibilities. To examine the business and legal implications of this question, the ICC Task Force on Privacy and the Protection of Personal Data invited approximately 40 representatives of international companies, data protection authorities, EU institutions, other governmental authorities, and law firms to a workshop on 25 October 2007.
Self-regulation, a system capable of addressing radical changes in the media world, is continually proving its importance in the global environment of the 21st century. This point was underscored at an ICC event highlighting the benefits of self-regulation in countries where the legal framework is unclear or insufficient.
The global economy is expected to lose momentum in the last quarter of the year in all major regions, as predictions for the existing quarter and the coming six months are significantly revised downwards, according to the latest ICC/ Ifo World Economic Survey released today.
The fundamental role of business in the continuing development of the Internet was the topic of Peter Eduardo Siemsen’s speech last week at the closing of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which took place in Rio de Janeiro.
ICC’s Commission on Environment and Energy met in Monte Carlo last week to finalize preparations before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali next month. Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the gathering, which was hosted by ICC Monaco.
The International Chamber of Commerce, through its initiative Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS), today co-sponsored a workshop on how to improve Internet security with the Oxford Internet Institute at the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
With billions of people still without access to Internet technologies, business is committed to helping to bring them into the fold and to simultaneously ensuring the security and stability of the Internet, the Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said here today in an address to the opening session of the second Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Based on the findings of a recent study, ICC Commercial Crime Services (CCS) is warning users of on-line games to remain informed about the increasing risk of transferring money and personal information on-line.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) will jointly organize a Global Business Day during the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali.
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is reporting a sudden increase in piracy and hijackings off the Somali coast. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) has tracked at least three significant acts of piracy in the second half of October.
Found guilty of defrauding over $170 million from thousands of investors, four operators of the fictitious First International Bank of Grenada, are now facing jail time and millions of dollars in fines.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said today that its member companies welcomed the announcement of plans for a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement to strengthen safeguards against the theft and infringement of intellectual property rights and offered to provide business views and expertise to reinforce this new commitment by governments.
To help companies extend their commitment to responsible business conduct to their global supply chains, ICC published a paper today that outlined a set of practical recommendations for integrating social and environmental considerations into a company’s regular purchasing practices and overall business model.
The paper, “ICC guidance on supply chain responsibility”, is based on the experience of ICC member companies from a broad range of sectors and countries.
Today the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) began sending letters to the Ministers of Justice around the world urging countries to join the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. The Convention was adopted by consensus by the Twentieth Diplomatic Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on 30 June 2005 but is not yet in effect.
A high-level conference to debate one of the most pressing issues facing the information and communications technology (ICT) sector – how to put these tools to more use in economic development – was held today in Dubai, a regional ICT hub and the first Gulf state to offer public Internet access.
Piracy and armed robbery attacks against ships rose 14% in the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2006, the second consecutive quarterly increase in attacks, as the coastal waters off Nigeria and Somalia became ever more dangerous, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reported today.
The ICC's financial watchdog the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is alerting banks and the investment community about the recent widespread circulation of a false Proof of Funds letter.