Research Catalog

Title

Frequently asked questions about the guiding principles on business and human rights.

Publication

• New York ; Geneva : United Nations, Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 2014.
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, issuing body.

Description

v, 52 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, establishing them as the global expected standard of conduct with regard to business impact on human rights. The Guiding Principles were developed based on six years of research and global multi-stakeholder consultations. These Frequently Asked Questions aim to support stakeholder uptake and understanding of the Guiding Principles. This publication is not intended as an operational guide, and does not change or add to the provisions of the Guiding Principles, but it provides additional background explanation to support a full understanding of their meaning and intent. This FAQ is a resource developed for a general audience and aims to be relevant for all stakeholders, including business, governments, civil society, investors, lawyers and others who are interested in business and human rights issues."--Publisher's information.

Subject

• Social responsibility of business > Miscellanea
• Human rights > Miscellanea
• Business ethics > Miscellanea
• Social responsibility of business
• Business ethics
• Human rights
• Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale > Miscellanées
• Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Miscellanées
• Morale des affaires > Miscellanées
• Entreprises > Responsabilité sociale
• Morale des affaires
• Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
• Corporate responsibility

Genre/Form

• miscellanies.
• Trivia and miscellanea.
• Miscellanées.

Note

• "HR/PUB/14/3"--back cover.
• "United Nations publication sales no. E.14.XIV.6"--back cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Chapters: I. General Questions: Q 1. What are human rights? -- Q 2. How are human rights relevant to business? -- Q 3. What are the Guiding Principles and how were they developed? -- Q 4. Why are the Guiding Principles important? -- Q 5. What do the Guiding Principles say? -- Q 6. What is the legal status of the Guiding Principles? -- Q 7. If the Guiding Principles are not a legal instrument, are they just voluntary? -- Q 8. How do the Guiding Principles address the relationship between the responsibilities of States and of companies? -- Q 9. How do the Guiding Principles relate to corporate social responsibility? -- Q 10. Do the Guiding Principles prevent future legal developments? -- Q 11. What do the Guiding Principles mean for victims of corporate human rights abuse? -- Q 12. How do the Guiding Principles address groups that may be particularly vulnerable to adverse impact? Q 13. The Guiding Principles focus on business and States -- what is the role of other actors? -- Q 14. How have the Guiding Principles informed other global standards on business and human rights? -- Q 15. What is the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises? -- Q 16. What is the Forum on Business and Human Rights? -- Q 17. Where can I find guidance on how to implement the Guiding Principles? -- II. The State Duty to Protect: Q 18. What is meant by "the State duty to protect"? -- Q 19. Does the State duty to protect mostly just require more regulation? -- Q 20. Should States impose human rights requirements on companies operating abroad? -- Q 21. What is meant by "policy coherence" and what are the implications for States? -- Q 22. What is different in conflict-affected areas? -- Q 23. Are States required to develop national action plans to implement the Guiding Principles? -- III. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect: Q 24. What is the corporate responsibility to respect human rights? -- Q 25. Where does this responsibility stem from? -- Q 26. What are companies expected to do to respect human rights? -- Q 27. Do the Guiding Principles in effect impose on companies the international human rights law obligations of States? -- Q 28. Which human rights are relevant and why? -- Q 29. Do companies also have to promote and fulfil human rights? -- Q 30. How does the responsibility to respect relate to a company's (sphere of) influence? -- Q 31. Should companies merely be required to abide by domestic law? -- Q 32. What is the difference between causing or contributing to an impact and an impact being "directly linked" to a company's operations, products or services? -- Q 33. Do the responsibilities of small and mid-size enterprises differ from those of big transnational ones? -- IV. Access to Remedy:Principles? -- Q 34. What do the Guiding Principles say about access to remedy? -- Q 35. Is it not up to the State to redress human rights abuse? -- Q 36. What is a non-judicial grievance mechanism? -- Q 37. What is the relationship between judicial and non-judicial remedy? -- Q 38. When should companies provide for remediation? -- Q 39. What is the role of operational-level grievance mechanisms? -- Q 40. What features should a non-judicial grievance mechanism have to be effective? -- Annexes: I. Key concepts in the Guiding Principles -- II. The Guiding Principles and other international frameworks -- III. United Nations system -- sources of further guidance -- IV. Sources of external guidance.

ISBN

• 9789211542073
• 9211542073
• 9789210568395
• 9210568397

LCCN

2016383002

OCLC

• ocn897868488
• 897868488
• SCSB-1801054

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library