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1 Nov 2013

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Working Group on Business and Human Rights of the International Coordinating Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

[PDF] Business and Human Rights Guidebook for National Human Rights Institutions

The Business and Human Rights Guidebook for National Human Rights Institutions provides guidance and resources for NHRIs on the business and human rights field, including examples of how NHRIs can use their Paris Principles mandate to engage on business and human rights issues. The Guidebook includes the following components: [1] International human rights law frameworks relevant to business and human rights [2] National human rights institutions’ mandate on business and human rights [3] The three pillars of the UN Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – the state duty to protect, the corporate responsibility to respect and access to remedy [4] Selected business and human rights issues, including children’s rights, environment and water, conflict-affected areas and Indigenous Peoples, and [5] NHRI good practice examples in the area of business and human rights.

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