This week, DCAF, ICRC and the GCBHR are launching the complex environments fact sheet as a ‘sneak preview’ of the revised Toolkit. Ensuring business respect for human rights is particularly challenging in complex operating environments where risks and uncertainty are heightened. Security arrangements add another layer of complexity; engaging with private security providers, public security forces, host governments and communities on security-related issues can be difficult in these contexts, especially in situations where tensions are high and trust is low. This week’s fact sheet features examples from mining and infrastructure companies. It discusses concepts such as:How are risks of exacerbating conflict or contributing to human rights abuses heightened in complex environments? How can businesses assess the operational context? What good practices can companies implement when there is an increased duty of care and a need for heightened human rights due diligence? Read the fact sheet here!...h cutting-edge practical guidance for companies on responsible security management: The Security and Human Rights Toolkit.

This week, DCAF, ICRC and the GCBHR are launching the complex environments fact sheet as a ‘sneak preview’ of the revised Toolkit. Ensuring business respect for human rights is particularly challenging in complex operating environments where risks and uncertainty are heightened. Security arrangements add another layer of complexity; engaging with private security providers, public security forces, host governments and communities on security-related issues can be difficult in these contexts, especially in situations where tensions are high and trust is low. 

This week’s fact sheet features examples from mining and infrastructure companies. It discusses concepts such as:

• How are risks of exacerbating conflict or contributing to human rights abuses heightened in complex environments? 
• How can businesses assess the operational context? 
• What good practices can companies implement when there is an increased duty of care and a need for heightened human rights due diligence? 

Read the fact sheet here!...