UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Portal: Latest additions
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- Latest additions to this portal
Latest additions to "Events" page:
"UN Forum on Business and Human Rights", Geneva, 4-5 Dec 2012:
- Invitation to register [PDF] and further information for all participants on how to register - deadline 1 Nov
- [español]Invitación para registrarse al Foro de las Naciones Unidas sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos, Ginebra, 4-5 de diciembre - fecha límite: 1 de noviembre
- [francais] Invitation à s'inscrire pour participer au Forum de l’ONU sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme, Genève 4-5 déc. - date limite: 1 nov.
- Practical information for all participants
"Research workshop on Business and Human Rights", LSE (London, 23 Nov)
"Child rights and the business sector: Urging states and private companies to meet their obligations" (Bramois, Switzerland, 14-17 Oct)
"Regional Training Workshop on Business and Human Rights" for African NGOs (London, 8-11 Oct)
- [francais]"Atelier régional au sujet des entreprises et des droits de l’homme" pour les ONG africaines (Londres, 9-11 oct.)
Latest additions to page on implementation of Guiding Principles by companies:
Online consultation on Draft Guide on Human Rights for small & medium-sized enterprises, being conducted by Global CSR until 26 Sep 2012
"Four Questions to Guide Human Rights Reporting" - Virginia Terry, Director, Advisory Services, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), 28 Aug 2012
"Embedding Respect for Human Rights Within a Company’s Operations", report of workshop, Shift - report of workshop held 12-13 Jun 2012
Repsol: "Annual Report 2011 - Respecting human rights - Implementing the Guiding Principles", 2012
- [español] Respetar los derechos humanos - Implementando los Principios Rectores", 2012
Latest addition to page on how NGOs are using Guiding Principles:
"Briefing: Vedanta's perspectives uncovered: Policies cannot mask practices in Orissa", Amnesty Intl., 28 Aug 2012
- [francais] "Inde : les promesses de Vedanta en matière de droits humains sont creuses et dénuées de sens", Amnesty International, 28 août 2012
Related stories and components
[PDF] Child rights and the business sector: Urging states and private companies to meet their obligations
Author: International Institute for the Rights of the Child
The focus of this international seminar is to raise awareness and discuss ways and means to enhance the protection of the rights of the child in a business environment...The second part of the meeting will be devoted to the activities and...
[DOC] Global Rights: Partners for Justice Holds Regional Training Workshop on Business and Human Rights [UK]
Author: Global Rights
On October 8-11, 2012, Global Rights: Partners for Justice will host a regional training workshop on business and human rights in London. The workshop will build and strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) from resource-rich...
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Author: Global Rights
Du 8 au 11 octobre, Global Rights: Partners for Justice organise un atelier régional de formation au sujet des entreprises et des droits de l'homme, à Londres. Cet atelier visera de renforcer les capacités des organisations de la société civile (OSC)...
[PDF] Embedding Respect for Human Rights Within a Company’s Operations
Author: Shift
From 12-13 June 2012, Shift held the first in a series of planned workshops with business leaders, co-hosted with the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The workshops form part of Shift’s Business...
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Author: Oficina de Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas
La Oficina de Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos...tiene el honor de transmitir una invitación a las partes interesadas para registrarse para el primer Foro sobre las empresas y los derechos humanos, que tendrá lugar del...
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Author: Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme
Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme a l'honneur de transmettre une invitation aux acteurs concernés à s'inscrire pour participer au premier Forum sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme, qui aura lieu du 4 au 5 décembre...
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Author: Amnesty International France
Amnesty International a répliqué avec son propre rapport, Vedanta’s Perspective Uncovered : Policies Cannot Mask Practices, dans lequel elle accuse la société minière de ne pas tenir compte des conséquences véritables de ses opérations sur les droits...
Four Questions to Guide Human Rights Reporting
Author: Virginia Terry, Director, Advisory Services, BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)
In the past few years—in part due to the launch of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights—...companies have...made great strides in how they cover human rights in their corporate social responsibility reports...[But] there is limited...
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Online Consultation on Draft Guide on Human Rights for SMEs is OPEN
Author: Global CSR
The online consultation on the draft guide for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on human rights (PDF) is now open until 26 September 2012. This draft guide has been produced in the course of a European project “Capacity building for SMEs in...
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Research workshop on Business and Human Rights - 500 days after Ruggie: Achievements, challenges and opportunities in Business and Human Rights
Author: London School of Economics and Political Science
A student-led research workshop titled “500 days after Ruggie: Achievements, challenges and opportunities in Business and Human Rights” will take place at the London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE] on Friday 23 November 2012...Guest...