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Article

29 Sep 2004

Author:
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

[DOC] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN stakeholder consultation on business and human rights)

The facts speak for themselves. The current framework (lack of corporate accountability at the international level; varying and often weak systems of accountability within states; reliance on voluntary measures by companies) is not addressing extensive human rights abuses. There is clearly a need for the UN to adopt a set of international principles...