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1 Oct 2010

Author:
Amnesty International

[PDF] Comments in response to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises’ Guiding Principles – Proposed Outline

We...urge the holding of a multi-stakeholder consultation so as to allow States, companies and civil society to jointly discuss the proposed Guiding Principles and the establishment of post-mandate mechanisms...[The] Guiding Principles must: 1) Clearly articulate that...States must...require corporate human rights due diligence and impose sanctions if companies fail to carry [it] out... 2) Accurately reflect the international treaty bodies’ interpretation of the duty to protect human rights... 3) Emphasize the obligation of States to engage in international cooperation and assistance for the realization of human rights... 4) Make explicit recommendations regarding how States can take steps to prevent companies from abusing the human rights of individuals in other countries...[in] particular...legal and policy measures with extraterritorial effect... 5) Ensure that the third pillar more clearly reflects the right to effective remedy as articulated under international law... 6) Provide greater clarity on the need for States to overcome the many barriers to judicial remedy... 7) Provide greater guidance on the important role of State-based non-judicial mechanisms... 8) Draw upon the work of other Special Procedures to address issues such as the role of business in the provision of public services, the protection of Indigenous peoples’ rights, and protecting the rights of human rights defenders.