BSR Insight | New Online Forum for UN Business and Human Rights Mandate
UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights John Ruggie has launched an online forum for companies and other stakeholders to provide input as Ruggie develops guiding principles to operationalize the UN "Protect, Respect, Remedy" framework. The framework is composed of three pillars: the state duty to protect against human rights abuses, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and greater access to effective remedy for victims of corporate-related abuses.
All are welcome to contribute ideas and comments, and even rate what others have posted in terms of relevance and whether you agree or disagree. The current phase of the consultation, focused on the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, will run through February 2010.
For background on Ruggie's work, visit his web portal. Questions may be directed to Christine Bader, advisor to the UN secretary-general's special representative on business and human rights.
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Faris Natour, Director, Human Rights
Faris leads BSR’s human rights practice, advising companies on human rights strategy, policy development, human rights impact assessments, and other elements of human rights due diligence... Read more →
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