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[PDF] Clarifying the Concepts of “Sphere of influence” and “Complicity”
Author: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises, John Ruggie
The concept of “sphere of influence” is considered too broad and ambiguous a concept to define the scope of due diligence required to fulfil the responsibility to respect, and the Special Representative sets out an alternative approach. In contrast,...
[PDF] Seminar on the Integration of Human Rights into Business Practice [Geneva, 1-2 Apr 2009]
Author: Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) Secretariat
This report summarises the main outcomes of a meeting of practitioners in the field of business and human rights which focused on progress under the second pillar of the mandate of the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human Rights...
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[PDF] Comments on “Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights,” Report of the Special Representative
Author: Commission on Multinational Enterprises of Confederation of Netherlands Industry; Employers VNO-NCW; ICC Netherlands
This policy brief lays out the views of Dutch Business; raises some questions and concerns with specific elements of the report; and details how Dutch Business intends to engage with the second half of professor Ruggie’s mandate.
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Author: Représentant spécial sur la question des entreprises & les droits de l'homme John Ruggie
Le présent rapport récapitule les principaux éléments du cadre «Protéger, respecter et réparer» et présente les orientations stratégiques suivies jusqu’à présent par le Représentant spécial pour donner à ce cadre une traduction opérationnelle. ...
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[PDF] Global Witness Submission to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ Call for Evidence on Business and Human Rights
Author: Global Witness
We identify the circumstances that need to be taken into account by UK-based companies that operate in conflict or high risk areas where there is an abundance of natural resources. The UK Government has failed to take action to prevent or deter abuses...
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So. African Human Rights Commission calls for inclusion of human rights provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties
Legal Redress for Corporate Participation in International Human Rights Abuses: A Progress Report
Author: Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, in American Bar Association journal The Brief
In this article, ICJ [Intl. Commission of Jurists] Commissioner, Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada, describes the progress that has been made, and that which remains to be made, in developing an acceptable legal liability framework for...
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[PDF] Responsible Contracting
Author: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Business and Human Rights
The [Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (SRSG)] has identified investment, and in particular host government agreements (HGAs) — the agreements signed by foreign investors and host states for an investment project ...
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[PDF] Corporate Law Tools Project Meeting
Author: Report of meeting convened for UN Special Representative John Ruggie
...[The] SRSG [UN Secretary General's Special Representative on business & human rights] announced in early 2009 that nineteen leading corporate law firms from around the world would provide pro bono support in identifying whether and how national...
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[PDF] State corporate social responsibility policy - response from Norway
Author: Are-Jostein Norheim, CSR Ambassador, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Please find attached the response from Norway to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The response concerns the survey of state corporate social responsibility policies conducted on behalf of the Special Representative of the...
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