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Analysis of Lithuania’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, courtesy of the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
Analysis of Georgia’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, courtesy of the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
Analysis of Czechia’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, courtesy of the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, 12 April 2019 In our capacity as members of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, we have today ended our visit to Georgia (3 to 12 April 2019). We warmly thank the Government of Georgia for the...
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, 27 August 2014 In our capacity as members of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, we have today ended our ten-day visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. The objective of our visit was to...
Belarusian activists reached out to a large number of Western companies engaged with the Belarus Government urging them to take immediate action. Despite this direct link, most companies remained silent.
Businesses often contribute to the discrimination and disenfranchisement of transgender people in Armenia, and more broadly, in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Activist Lilit Martirosyan has faced violence and harassment, including from businesses, for her work advocating for trans rights.
Business reluctance to engage with human rights issues was a common theme during the First Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Across the region – which includes the Balkans and the Caucasus – representatives from governments, businesses and civil society expressed a general lack of willingness to work on business and human rights.
State legislation and political will to implement them are the biggest determinants of corporate respect for human rights within that jurisdiction. If businesses do not expect to be held accountable for human rights abuses, they often feel free to cause or contribute to adverse impacts with impunity.
