How important is the Council’s decision and what does it mean for the future?...[T]he Human Rights Council’s endorsement of the Guiding Principles could not be stronger...Until now, business performance on human rights has been assessed against a wide range of standards, not necessarily universal, not always drawn from the law, and sometimes subjective. This diluted those instances where international law was affected and, in some instances, may have been violated. The Guiding Principles are therefore not the status quo, but a game changer...A second point to stress about the Council’s decision concerns its approach to next steps at the UN level on business and human rights.