| CHAPTER THREE: POLICY ACTIONS 3.3. Pillar 3: Access to Remedy Policy Actions [Pages 19-20] A) State-based judicial and non-judicial remedies The Government will: iii. Provide training and support to the judicial, administrative and oversight organs on business obligations in respect of human rights. Priority will be given to the following institutions: - […]
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CHAPTER FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING [page 22] To ensure that the measures proposed in this NAP are implemented, there shall be a NAP Steering Committee overseen by the Department of Justice and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. The Implementing Committee will consist of representatives from the following institutions: 6. Kenya National Commission on Human Rights ANNEX 1: SUMMARY OF POLICY ACTIONS | Strategic Objective | Policy Actions | Key Actors | | Strategic Objective 1: Enhance existing policy, legal, regulatory and administrative framework for ensuring respect of human rights by business through legal review and development of specific guidance for business | Ensure continuous training for government agencies’ workers involved in the promotion and regulation of businesses on the State’s human rights obligations and the nexus to their various mandates and functions | KSG, OAG&DOJ, KNCHR, KEPSA, KAM | | Strengthen leverage in using public procurement to promote human rights | PPOA, KNCHR, OAG&DOJ | | Strategic objective 2: Enhance understanding of the obligation of business to respect human rights | Develop and disseminate guidance for businesses on their duty to respect human rights and the operationalisation of this duty in the Kenyan context, including the implications of their operations. | OAG&DOJ, KNCHR, KAM, KEPSA, Global Compact | | Enforce compliance with human rights standards by State owned enterprises and other businesses that receive export credit and state support, including by providing access to a remedy for human rights violations. | State Corporations Advisory Committee, KNCHR | | Strategic Objective 3: Enhance access to justice for victims of business-related human rights abuses | Provide training and support to the judicial, administrative and oversight organs on business obligations in respect of human rights. | Judiciary, JTI, KNCHR | | Improving access to information on available judicial and non-judicial mechanisms involved in the resolution of business-related abuses as a measure to promote access to justice. | Judiciary, CAJ, KNCHR, KAM, KEPSA, Kenya Chamber of Commerce | | Assist community based organisations working on human rights issues to build their technical capacity to effectively monitor human rights impacts by business. | KNCHR, NGEC |
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