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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) are the global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights involving business activity, and they provide the internationally-accepted framework for enhancing standards and practices with regard to business and human rights.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
This publication raises and answers frequently asked questions regarding the background and content of the UNGPs and how they relate to the broader human rights system and other frameworks.
The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: An Interpretive Guide
This interpretive guide provides additional background explanation to the Guiding Principles relating to the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, to support a fuller understanding of their meaning and intent.
Access to Remedy in Cases of Business-Related Human Rights Abuse: An Interpretive Guide
This interpretive guide provides additional background explanation on the principles of the access to remedy pillar of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights so as to support a full understanding of their meaning and intent. It aims to equip all actors, whether specialist or non-specialist, with the knowledge and insights needed for more productive engagement and advocacy in relation to access to remedy for business and human rights harms in a wide range of contexts.
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Using digital tools for stakeholder engagement: aligning corporate practice with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 53/3, this report identifies key considerations for ensuring that the use of digital tools for stakeholder engagement efforts aligns corporate practice with the UNGPs. The report provides practical guidance, distilled into a set of 12 main questions to ask, to support assessments of the suitability and limitations of stakeholder engagement tools dedicated to workers in value chains. Short versions of the report that are available cover the 12 questions, as well as suggested issues for further exploration.
Applying the UNGPs Involvement Framework: Information Note for Businesses Operating in Challenging Contexts
