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1 Dec 2012

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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

[DOC] The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s forthcoming General Comment on State Obligations regarding the Impact of Business on Child Rights

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child...is releasing a "General Comment on State Obligations regarding the Impact of Business on Child Rights" in early 2013...It will include guidance to States on the measures of implementation they are required to take to: prevent and remedy violations of child rights by business actors; to ensure business enterprises carry out their responsibilities in the realisation of the rights of the child; and to encourage business to contribute positively to the realisation of these rights...This will be the first time a United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body has developed a comprehensive set of standards for States to follow in the context of the business sector.