Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
HRDs’ work is essential to the business and human rights movement because of their critical importance for ensuring corporate responsibility and accountability. Yet, attacks on them are growing. This hub brings together news on these advocates and communities - specifically on land, environmental and labour defenders, guidance for companies ...
UN Guiding Principles - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights (UNGPs) The 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 by UN Special Representative on business and human rights John Ruggie, and ...
Briefings & Reports - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Jun 2, 2020 · 1 February 2024 marks three years since the military takeover of Myanmar. Since then, we've recorded hundreds of attacks on garment workers’ human rights both in their workplaces and on the streets. We examine allegations of abuse tracked over the past year and responses from international buyers alongside testimony from workers.
UN Business and Human Rights Treaty Negotiations
At the upcoming Binding Treaty negotiations, global trade unions are calling for the following priorities to be strengthened: A broad substantive scope covering all internationally recognised human rights, including fundamental workers’ and trade union rights, as defined by relevant international labour standards.
Labour Rights - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Labour Rights. Global inequalities in power allow the profit maximisation model of businesses to shape a global economy that prioritises profit over people. The dominance of this model facilitates various forms of exploitation including poverty wages, discrimination and violence, crackdowns on trade unions and collective organising, rising ...
The road to corporate accountability: UN business and human …
Oct 22, 2021 · Today marks the first day in the negotiations of the 3rd Revised Draft Treaty on Business & Human Rights at the UN Intergovernmental Working Group. The Draft, published earlier this year, is the fourth iteration of this legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and business enterprises.
Just released: Third Revised Draft Binding Treaty on Business and …
Aug 18, 2021 · ...The third revised draft treaty will be officially discussed at the seventh session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, which …
Business and Human Rights in Challenging Contexts: …
August 2023. Decisions regarding whether or not to remain in a challenging operating environment, and how best to respond to a deteriorating human rights situation, are rarely, if ever, straightforward.
Briefing highlights latest mandatory human rights due diligence …
Jan 17, 2022 · "Business and Human Rights: Navigating a Changing Legal Landscape", January 2022. Legislation governing business impacts on human rights is increasing, with mandatory human rights reporting, due diligence obligations and other regulatory and legislative devices continuing to emerge across the globe.
The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration
Dec 12, 2019 · The Hague Rules represent the result of a more than five-year long project involving the elaboration of the concept of business and human rights arbitration, consultation with numerous stakeholders and drafting of the text... The Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration provide a set of procedures for the arbitration of disputes ...