…It is now admitted that corporations do have the responsibility to, at least, respect human rights where they operate. However…[businesses] involved in human rights violations are not being adequately sanctioned…Some of the steps that the EU should take…include: encourage transparency and reporting, make sure that human rights are duly taken into account in public procurement, and in all support to investments in third countries. At the same time, the EU and EU member states should put in place mechanisms to sanction the corporations that are involved in human rights abuses…At the global level, the EU should support the drafting of an international instrument on Business and Human Rights…[as well as] the establishment of a global mechanism which could receive information and complaints...