Business & human rights - United Nations Guiding Principles published
Today the United Nations released a much-anticipated set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights…The Guiding Principles seek to provide for the first time an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activity. The UN Human Rights Council will consider formal endorsement of the text at its June 2011 session. The Guiding Principles are the product of six years of research and
extensive consultations, led by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Harvard Professor John Ruggie . (…)
The article:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1005021
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative Portal:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/SpecialRepPortal/Home
The UN Guiding Principles:
http://www.business-humanrights.org/SpecialRepPortal/Home/Protect-Respect-Remedy-Framework/GuidingPrinciples
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