Key Terms on Business and Human Rights
This glossary provides standard definitions for key terminology on the topic of business and human rights.
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This glossary provides standard definitions for key terminology on the topic of business and human rights.
This resource focuses on how to do human rights due diligence in high risk circumstances – and how to identify those circumstances in the first place.
Salient human rights issues: The human rights at risk of the most severe negative impact through the company’s activities and business relationships.
Based on wide-ranging testing and consultation, this set of questions is intended as a starting point to constructive engagement at any mine site, big or small, and for local communities, civil society, workers, trade unions, local government and others wishing to engage in a constructive way on what one can reasonably expect from mine sites in most environments.
The objective of this analysis is to present areas within which severe risks of human rights abuses exist in Poland in connection with the activities of business enterprises in order to determine the barriers of effective remedies within the meaning of the third pillar of the “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, and to propose recommendations aimed at resolving identified legal problems.
The position of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Western Balkans is increasingly precarious. Across the region, HRDs and organisations, as well as independent media outlets, are prone to intimidation, threats, smear campaigns, digital and physical attacks, and an overall disregard by national authorities.
The objective of the project Fostering Business and human rights principles, is to support the economic and social rights in the business sector in Macedonia through the application of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Businesses and Human Rights (UNGPs). The MAMFORCE METHOD© is a strategic tool aimed at changing the organisational culture and assisting companies in creating a supportive and inclusive work environment based on open communication, trust and appreciation of differences.
В 2021 г. ОО «Қадір-қасиет» совместно с Ресурсным центром по вопросам бизнеса и прав человека проведено исследование. Целью его явилось изучение ситуации с защищенностью правозащитников в сфере корпоративной подотчетности с 2016 по 2020 годы, для её улучшения.
In 2021, PA ‘Kadir-Kasiet’, together with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, conducted research into the situation regarding the protection of human rights defenders in the field of corporate accountability in the period from 2016 to 2020.
This due diligence guidance is currently available in English and Ukrainian.