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Article

29 Sep 2004

Author:
Antonio Peñalosa, International Organisation of Employers

[PDF] [International Organisation of Employers (IOE) letter to D. Kedzia & submission to UN consultation on business & human rights]

As we see it, the problems of human rights today where they exist is not due to a lack of international instruments or the concerted bad behaviour of business. The human rights issues we see result from the action or inaction of governments and business, with its necessarily narrow focus, cannot address those failures in any way comparable to what governments can and should do.