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Article

17 Jun 2011

Author:
European Commission - Directorate General Enterprise & Industry

Business and human rights: new United Nations guidelines

European Commission Vice-President Tajani has welcomed the approval of new United Nations guiding principles on business and human rights...[The] guiding principles set out clear expectations of what governments and enterprises should do to ensure that human rights are not harmed by business activities...The European Commission has recently published two calls for tenders for technical advice to develop more detailed human rights guidance for companies based on the UN principles. This guidance will be for small and medium-sized enterprises, and also for enterprises in 3 industrial sectors which will be identified next year.