ISO 26000 will be a standard for social responsibility produced by the International Standards Organisation (ISO)…The standard will directly address human rights amongst other issues, including corruption, fair competition and consumer concerns…ISO 26000 directly addresses human rights on many points. It contains principles for the respect of the rule of law, for international norms of behaviour and for human rights…Two of the main areas of guidance concern labour practices and human rights. It discusses issues of complicity, discrimination, the position of vulnerable groups, and civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights…The human rights sections have also been written consistently with the Ruggie framework for human rights and the due diligence-based approach for companies which that recommends…