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Article

21 Sep 2010

Author:
Institute for Human Rights and Business

BLIHR Report: Companies taking a rights-aware approach to development

Between 2003 and 2009, 16 companies came together at different times under the banner of the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) to examine and learn how to operationalise international human rights principles in their day-to-day operations…Towards the end of the initiative, seven companies prepared cases drawn from specific projects or experiences…As companies and governments meet in New York to explore ways in which the private sector can help States realise the Millennium Development Goals, BLIHR has published a report outlining the experiences, including the external overview of CSRI and the Institute.