The publication is based on the accumulated experience of the ten companies in the BLIHR on implementing human rights. This experience is supplemented with practical examples of human rights implementation.
In detail as a joint product of the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR), the United Nations Global Compact Office, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this guide offers practical guidance to companies that want to take a proactive approach to human rights within their business operations. It is principally for business leaders and managers in large and medium-sized enterprises, private and state-owned, who would like to develop their understanding of human rights in business practice.
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Human trafficking thrives in crises contexts. Humanitarian crisis such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013/14 and the 2015 earthquake in Nepal demonstrated how trafficking trends can quickly emerge and increase in the days following devasta...Read More
With the unprecedented movement of people forced to flee Ukraine since the start of the war, 90% of whom are women and children, NGOs and media have sounded the alarm over suspected cases of human trafficking. Presumed victims have been detected, an...Read More
Businesses are increasingly required to implement human rights due diligence process and/or to report on how they manage human rights-related issues. In our third joint briefing, the global business initiative on human rights and Clifford Chance con...Read More
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