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12 Apr 2020

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European Network Church on the Move

Commentary: Using the Conference of INGOs Human Rights & Business website to improve Social Justice worldwide

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The Conference of INGOs website Human Rights and Business contains an important statement by the former Commissioner for Human Rights, the 70 Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers CM(2016)REC3..., and the ensuing recommendation CONF/PLE(2017)REC2.

Apart from the other links at the bottom of the page, under INGO and NGO expertise, there is a link to the Guide for small and medium sized enterprises... [and] to the Business and Human Rights Research Centre BHRRC, a London based INGO...

[T]he link Situation in Member States and other countries across the world, takes you directly to the Country page and to news items by company. Company non response means that BHRRC has asked for a statement on an issue but the company has not responded. So we can ask the company: Why not? ...

The Corporate Social Responsibility Manager of a Madrid based Spanish multinational told me that they receive very little information from NGOs and it is very much appreciated because the more arguments they receive the easier it becomes for the CSR departments to advise their company management...

By learning about human rights infringements in My Business and Human Rights and using the Conference of INGOs Human Rights and Business website and its links to BHRRC, you can take positive action to make the world a better place.

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