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December 2009
Business and Human Rights: The Struggle for Accountability in the UN and the future direction of the advocacy agenda [PDF]
Institute for Human Rights & Business, Dec 2009:
"Setting boundaries: clarifying the scope and content of the corporate responsibility to respect human rights" - submission to John Ruggie [PDF]
Submissions, presentations & remarks to consultation on Special Representative Ruggie's framework, organised by Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva, Oct 2009:
- Submissions by AquaFed, BankTrack, Bi-regional Europe-Latin America and Caribbean Enlanzando Alternativas Network, Corporate Accountability International, CRED, El Instituto Mexicano para el Desarrollo Comunitario, Human Rights Advocates, Intl. Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), Intl. Indian Treaty Council (IITC), OECD Watch, SOMO
- CORE (Corporate Responsibility) Coalition (UK): "Presentation on Domestic Policy Coherence" [PDF]
- Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): "Human Rights and Business: Upholding Human Rights and Ensuring Coherence" [PDF]
español: "Derechos humanos y empresas: defender los derechos humanos y garantizar la coherencia" [PDF]
français : "Droits de l’Homme et entreprises: Pour la cohérence et le respect des droits de l'Homme" [PDF] - Nomogaia Foundation (USA): Letter submission to Special Representative Ruggie [PDF]
- Yahoo!: Remarks [PDF] by Ebele Okobi-Harris, Director of Business & Human Rights Program,
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Jul 2009:
Letter to UN Special Representative Ruggie clarifying UK Govt. view of state duty to protect human rights [PDF], 9 Jul 2009
- Response by UN Special Representative Ruggie [PDF], 14 Jul 2009
Non Governmental Organizations and Organizations Representing Affected Communities by Enterprises [Latin America], May 2009:
Statement at Special Representative's consultation, Buenos Aires, Argentina [DOC], 14-15 May 2009
español: Declaración de las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales y Organizaciones Representantes de Comunidades afectadas por Empresas, consultación del Representante Especial, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-15 mayo 2009
Special Representative Ruggie's response [PDF]
Intl. Org. of Employers, Intl. Chamber of Commerce, Business & Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, Mar 2009:
Joint views to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on business and human rights [PDF]
Civil society groups across Asia, 2009:
Submission to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General from the Civil Society Groups across Asia [PDF], 2009
Special Representative Ruggie's response [PDF]
Richard Meeran, Partner, Leigh Day & Co., Jan 2009:
Open Letter to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights: The genesis and development of MNC litigation in South Africa and a possible model for the future [DOC], 16 Jan 2009
Special Representative Ruggie's statement on Open Letter from Mr. Richard Meeran [PDF], 20 Jan 2009
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[PDF] SRSG’s Statement on Open Letter from Mr. Richard Meeran
Author: John Ruggie, UN Special Representative on business & human rights
I am extremely grateful to Richard Meeran for sharing his reflections on the opportunities for, and limits of, holding multinational companies to account legally in the “home” states of their parent corporations...Providing guidance on the “remedy”...
[DOC] Open Letter to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights: The genesis and development of MNC litigation in South Africa and a possible model for the future
Author: Richard Meeran, Partner, Leigh Day & Co
The ability to hold multi-national corporations (MNCs) to account legally in the home states of their head office parent corporations, for wrongdoing arising from their overseas developing country operations, is important...In light of the focus of the...
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