Kyrgyzstan – 1st – Judicial Remedy
2.3 Access to Legal Remedies for Aggrieved Persons When Business Violates Their Rights
An analysis of the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic for compliance with Pillar III of the UN Guiding Principles has revealed the existence of laws establishing liability for businesses causing harm to individuals’ health, property, the environment, and for violations of labor rights. These laws obligate businesses to compensate for damages and restore violated rights. However, the current legal norms do not incentivize enterprises to prevent human rights violations, adopt preventive protection measures, or engage in responsible behavior. Furthermore, adverse human rights impacts resulting from business activities do not limit businesses’ access to state funding. […]
In this regard, the State should take additional measures to ensure access to justice for vulnerable populations. These measures may include conducting public awareness campaigns, providing free legal assistance, equipping court buildings with appropriate infrastructure, training judges, lawyers, and prosecutors on the specificities of protecting the rights of vulnerable groups, and offering concessions on judicial costs/state fees.
| No. | Tasks | Measures/ Activities | Timeframe | Expected results (deliverables) | Parties responsible | Source of funding |
| 21 | Create mechanisms to encourage apologies for unfavorable impact on human rights due to business activities | Conduct an analysis of the legislative framework to identify provisions obliging business entities who violated human rights not only to compensate for the harm but also take public responsibility and tender apologies | Q2 2026 | A report and a respective document have been drafted encouraging business entities to tender public apologies for violating human rights in addition to compensation for the harm | MEC, business associations, NGOs (to be agreed) | National budget |
| 22 | Enhance the quality of SGLA | Develop a training module on human rights in business for providing legal consultations to individuals in the event business violate their rights | Q3 2026 | A training module for an online platform has been developed for coordinators and lawyers of the SGLA system and employees of the 114 hotline | Legal Aid Service under the MJ | National budget |
| 23 | Organize activities to enhance the knowledge of coordinators and lawyers of the SGLA system and the employees of the 114 hotline on human rights in business | Ongoing | Four (4) training seminars have been organized per year on human rights and business | |||
| 24 | Build the capacity of judges, lawyers, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, mediators and arbitrators on matters related to business and human rights | Ongoing | Two (2) activities have been organized per year to raise the awareness and improve the knowledge of mediators and arbitrators on human rights and business | CCI ( to be agreed) | Enterprise’s own funds | |
| 25 | Develop training plans and programs related to business and human rights. Incorporate topics on business and human rights into the curricula of the Higher School of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic, the training center of the Bar of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as into the training programs for law enforcement officers | Ongoing | – Training plans and programs have been developed; – Judges, lawyers, prosecutors and law enforcement officers have been trained on matters related to business and human rights | HS, PGO (to be agreed), MIA, the Bar of the Kyrgyz Republic (to be agreed) | National budget Enterprise’s own funds |