and human rights: · the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression public authorities, or to which public authorities are entitled by law to have access. (b) International principles also recognize that business enterprises within the national security. This chapter sets out the guiding principles - human rights, public health and development - that provide the overarching framework for the Code. These principles are then applied in specific terms both to how we do our work (Chapter 3 - Organisational Principles) and to what we do (Chapter 4 The European Court of Human Rights. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' approach to traffick-ing responses, including return, recognizes trafficking as a criminal activity with pro-found human rights implications The Guiding Principles seek to provide an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts linked to business activity. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Portuguese). Former UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights John Ruggie and the Shift Project facilitated the workshop, which furthered public-private efforts to strengthen For more information about the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, visit HumanRights.gov. The field of business and human rights has grown exponentially over the past 20 years and is no longer ignored by any serious business. Time will tell if theory and words are converted into practically effective methods to prevent human rights abuses and to provide adequate redress for victims. The 'Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights' (Principles) that provide guidance for the implementation of the United Nations' 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' framework (Framework) will probably succeed in making human rights matters more customary in corporate management Using the United Nations Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, we provide detailed disclosures for each of our salient human rights issues and activities Download the PDF to learn about the actions we're taking to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chain. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the accompanying protect, respect and remedy Framework1 clearly establish the business responsibility to respect human rights as a global baseline for all companies, everywhere. The business responsibility to respect is 1 Human Rights Council, 'Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and 22 Claes Cronstedt and Robert C Thompson, 'A Proposal for an International Arbitration Tribunal on Business and Human Rights', Harvard International Law 3 THE UN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS AN INTRODUCTION The Guiding Principles state that companies should integrate the findings of their human rights due diligence processes into policies and procedures at the appropriate level, with resources and authority In June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (GPs) drafted by Professor John Ruggie, the former UN Secretary General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations. In June 20