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1 Mar 2012

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CIDSE (Coopération internationale pour le développement et la solidarité)

[PDF] The advancement of the business and human rights agenda in the United Nations system: CIDSE's input to the United Nations Secretary-General's report

1. Synergies with other Special Procedures...CIDSE believes that in order to assess the effectiveness of measures taken to implement...the Guiding Principles...the Working Group on business and human rights must examine emblematic cases of human rights violations, drawing out lessons learned and identifying obstacles...Rights of indigenous peoples[:] Free, Prior and Informed Consent...[and] UN Special Rapporteur on...human rights...of indigenous people... Addressing criminalisation of social protest and human rights defenders...[and] Special Representative for Human Rights Defenders... Labour rights within global supply chains... 2. A strategic approach to capacity building...resources must be targeted to have maximum impact...support should be focussed on the developing world - for civil society groups, trade unions and local and national government capacity.