Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR)
BLIHR ceased activities in March 2009. From the BLIHR website: "In 2003, we set out to find practical ways of implementing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a business context. These practical ways are now clear to business. Our next challenge is to implement these practices in our own organizations, sectors and value chains around the world. As our work here comes to a close, there are now foundations to build from and windows of opportunity for the global business community to go further. This site is the ‘Legacy Website’ for the six years of work that took place between March 2003 and March 2009."
Member companies of BLIHR were: ABB, AREVA, Barclays, Coca-Cola, Ericsson, General Electric, Gap, HP, National Grid, Newmont, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, Novo Nordisk, StatoilHydro, Zain.
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[PDF] "International Seminar Business and Human Rights: Global Challenges of our Time" - Summary report
Author: Intl. Seminar on Business & Human Rights
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[PDF] Presentation to the United Kingdom Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author: Christopher Avery, Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
[This brief overview of some international developments in the field of business & human rights was presented to the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights at their mini-conference on business and human rights, the purpose of which was “to...
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[DOC] Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights response re Business & Community Foundation statement
Author: Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR)
The purpose of the 60th Anniversary in Paris was to mark the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the challenges and opportunities which face us in the field of business and human rights…We…believe that no business…should be...
New Guide: Human Rights Translated
Author: UN Global Compact
..."Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide" ... explains human rights concepts in the language of business through the use of examples and suggested practical actions. The publication...is a joint product of the Castan Centre for Human...
New practical human rights guide for business by UN Global Compact, IBLF, Castan Centre, OHCHR
[PDF] Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide
Author: OHCHR, IBLF, UN Global Compact & Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Faculty of Law, Monash University [Australia]
Readers are guided through each of the rights contained in the UN treaties...and given a description of what each right means in general terms and how it may be relevant to a company’s activities...To bring reality to the report, each description of a...
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[DOC] Human Rights Violators as Preachers? International Seminar on Business and Human Rights, 3-5 December 2008, Paris
Author: Amita Joseph & Nidhi Sharma, Business & Community Foundation, India
The 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebration will have a seminar this December exploring the framework by the UN in relation to Business & its Responsibility to Respect Human rights. The list of confirmed speakers...
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[PDF] Human rights Corporate Accountability Guide: from law to norms to values
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[PDF] Background Note on the State Duty to Protect
Author: UN Special Representative John Ruggie
[prepared for Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights: “Session on Partnerships between Business and Government”] ...[The] State duty to protect lies at the core of the international human rights regime... [Most] governments take a narrow approach...
[PDF] Initial statement by the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) in response to the 2008 report of the UN Special Representative on Business & Human Rights
Author: Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights
In particular, we welcome the recognition of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights. It requires the performance of due diligence, which is not just a passive or reactive process. The responsibility to respect and its due diligence...