Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to member States on Human Rights and Business was adopted in March 2016...

Currently a draft text that is under consideration at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: “Businesses, especially trans- or multinational companies, have gained much power and influence... Businesses can benefit society and contribute to the realisation of human rights, including by providing employment and paying taxes. However, European businesses are also implicated in human rights violations, such as exploitative or hazardous working conditions, environmental pollution, employment discrimination and violations of employees’ right to privacy, namely via cyber-monitoring.”

With this page the INGO Conference wishes to support its own member organisations and encourages all readers to promote and implement the substance of the above Recommendations.

[T]he material below ... will help you in working for the implementation and accountability for Human Rights and Business...