1. Referring to its Resolution 2311 (2019) on “Human rights and business – what follow-up to Committee of Ministers Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3?”, the Parliamentary Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:

• take all necessary measures to ensure a wide dissemination of Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3...;
• examine the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 as soon as possible...;
• consider conducting further reviews of the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 on a regular basis; ...
• take all the necessary measures to make the CDDH’s Online Platform for Human Rights and Business operational without delay;
• take all the necessary measures to encourage Council of Europe member States to adopt, review and/or update action plans on the implementation of United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP)...;
• step up the co-operation between the Council of Europe and other international organisations..., with a view to promoting consolidation of coherent standards on businesses’ responsibilities in the area of human rights...;
• engage in the works of the United Nations open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) on a legally binding instrument on business activities and human rights;
• consider revising Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 with a view to more explicitly covering gender-based human rights abuses and vulnerable population groups..., and referring to member States' obligations towards these groups...