Introduction to the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human …
WEBThe UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.. They were proposed and drafted by UN Special Representative on business and human rights John Ruggie during his 2005-2011 mandate, and endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2011.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBShared prosperity models & Indigenous Peoples' leadership for a just transition. News and resources from Indigenous Peoples Rights International and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre exploring the significant opportunity of Indigenous co-ownership of renewable energy projects, for an energy transition that is fast, just and equitable.
Corporate Criminal Liability – Key Resources
WEB3 days ago · Under certain circumstances, a corporation can be held criminally liable for the illegal acts of its directors, employees or other individuals acting on its behalf. Efforts to hold corporations accountable under criminal law for illegal acts that result in human rights harm (corporate criminal liability) have gained traction since the United ...
Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment
WEB6 days ago · As set out in the UN Guiding Principles, human rights due diligence is a process for identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for human rights impacts.This includes both actual impacts occurring in the present and potential impacts that could occur in the future. Human rights due diligence is not an end in itself, but a means to an end, which is respecting human rights and ...
Companies - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
WEBJun 2, 2020 · Company Pages. The Resource Centre digital platform stores news and allegations relating to the human rights impact of over 20,000 companies. Depending on the availability of data, this ranges from a handful of articles to over a decade of news stories, civil society reports and company disclosure. Additionally, in certain instances when an ...
Annual impact report 2021/22 - Business & Human Rights …
WEBIn June 2021, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre released Digging in the Shadows, an analysis of the human rights policies and performance of the largest extractives projects in Armenia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. The report found serious allegations around violence and killings, labour rights violations, environmental destruction ...
Nike is facing a new wave of anti-sweatshop protests
WEBAug 1, 2017 · On July 29, students and activists around the world participated in a day of protest against Nike, organized by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The demonstrations, in cities such as Boston, Washington D.C., Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras, represented an escalation of allegations against …
UNGPs Guidance & Implementation - Business & Human Rights …
WEBThis section features guidance on how companies and governments should implement the UN Guiding Principles. Under the UNGPs, companies should: express their commitment to respect human rights through a policy statement; conduct human rights due diligence; and remediate negative impacts they have caused or contributed to.. One of the key concepts set out in the UNGPs as part of companies ...
[PDF] Corporations and Human Rights: A Survey of the Scope and …
WEBMay 23, 2008 · This report summarizes the scope and patterns of alleged corporate-related human rights abuse found in a sample of 320 cases posted on the Business and Human Rights Resource Center webpage from February 2005 – December 2007...[I]mpacts were alleged to occur in all regions...
Nestle faces negative publicity as child labour case is set for hearing
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Nestlé is facing a barrage of negative publicity as a US labour rights group takes the consumer goods giant to court [in USA], along with two other food manufacturers [Archer Daniels Midland & Cargill], alleging that [forced] child labour is used in West African cocoa farms from which they buy cocoa...Francois-Xavier Perroud, corporate spokesman for Nestlé, said: "This lawsuit is without ...