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Article

1 Dec 2011

Author:
Human Rights Watch

[PDF] “Moving from Guidance to Compliance”: Human Rights Watch Recommendations to the UN Expert Body on Business and Human Rights

In our view, the rhetorical support governments and companies have given to the UN Framework and Guiding Principles is not meaningful unless it is translated into actual changes in practice to reduce the extent of business-related human rights abuse and ensure accountability for harm suffered. In this light, we appreciate that the Working Group’s public invitation for input highlighted several priority tasks “[b]esides promoting and disseminating these Guiding Principles,” including to “ensure that they are effectively implemented by both governments and business.”