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Article

12 Jan 2012

Author:
John Ruggie, blog for Institute for Human Rights and Business

Building on a ‘landmark year’ and thinking ahead

A London Guardian blog1 recently described 2011 as “a landmark year” for human rights...“2011 was also a landmark year for business and human rights...”...[I]n a relatively short period of time we have managed to achieve unprecedented convergence among major international standard setting bodies regarding the steps states and business enterprises must take to meet their respective human rights commitments under the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Guiding Principles...Convergence is desirable [to achieve]...greater clarity and predictability for businesses, affected individuals and communities, and other stakeholders...several of these standard setting bodies have implementation mechanisms that complement...United Nations...There are risks that some of the benefits of convergence could be lost in implementation...more attention needs to be paid to the ‘management approach’ in compliance research and to capacity building.”...