Materials by topic > Grievance mechanisms (non-judicial)
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Business and Society Exploring Solutions - online shared resource on non-judicial grievance mechanisms (an initiative of UN Special Representative Ruggie)
Consultations on accountability & grievance mechanisms:
Intl. Roundtable on Conflict Management & Corporate Culture in the Mining Industry:
- Report [PDF] of roundtable held 12 Jun 2009, Harvard Kennedy School, Massachusetts, USA- Caroline Rees, Corp. Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Aug 2009
Message from UN Special Representative Ruggie: "As part of the mandate’s examination of the inter-relationship between the corporate responsibility to respect human rights and the need for improved access to remedy, an international expert roundtable was convened on 12 June on behalf of the SRSG [Special Representative of the UN Secretary General] to take forward research into the impact of corporate culture on the ability of companies to manage human rights disputes effectively. The meeting focused on the mining sector. Further field research is planned for 2010 building on this work."
Background paper: [PDF] Embedding Rights-Compatible Grievance Processes for External Stakeholders Within Business Culture - John Sherman, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Aug 2009
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms as a means of access to remedy in the context of business and human rights:
- Access to Remedies for Corporate Human Rights Impacts: Improving Non-Judicial Mechanisms - Report of 20-21 Nov 2008 consultation [DOC]
- Online consultation forum on access to remedies:
Corporations and Human Rights: Accountability Mechanisms for Resolving Complaints and Disputes:
- Report of second multi-stakeholder workshop [PDF], Kennedy School of Govt., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 19-20 Nov 2007
- Related documents:
- Additional related documents can be found on the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's portal for the Accountability Mechanisms project.
- Report of first multi-stakeholder workshop [PDF], Kennedy School of Govt., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 11-12 Apr 2007
Project to pilot principles for company-level mechanisms:
Launch of project by UN Special Representative to pilot principles for company-level grievance mechanisms [DOC], 19 Aug 2009
Other relevant materials:
Remarks of Special Representative Ruggie to Intl. Commission of Jurists Access to Justice Workshop [PDF], Johannesburg, So. Africa, 29-30 Oct 2009
Submission by Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): "Human Rights and Business: Upholding Human Rights and Ensuring Coherence" [PDF], Oct 2009
Comment on UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines decision regarding Afrimex [PDF], letter to editor of Financial Times by Special Representative John Ruggie, 10 Sep 2008
Keynote Presentation to Annual Meeting of National Contact Points - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) [DOC] by Special Representative John Ruggie, 24 Jun 2008
Intl. Org. of Employers, Intl. Chamber of Commerce, Business & Industry Advisory Committee to OECD: Initial views on Special Representative John Ruggie's 2008 report to UN Human Rights Council [PDF], May 2008
"Dispute resolution – The case for corporate diplomacy", Caroline Rees, in Ethical Corporation, 12 Feb 2008
"Corporate responsibility to respect human rights" [PDF], summary report on consultation in Geneva, 4-5 Dec 2007
- "Corporate Duty to Respect Human Rights: Due Dilligence Requirements" [PDF] - background paper for Geneva consultation, by John F Sherman III, Deputy General Counsel, National Grid, 30 Nov 2007
Submission by Intl. Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM): Third submission to the Special Representative - "ICMM supports the development of additional practical measures to strengthen business & human rights outcomes" [PDF], Nov 2007