France

By Daniel Morris | 27. November 2017

II. Business Responsibility to Respect Human Rights

2. Training and Information for Business

Proposal for Action No.9 [page 43]

Actions underway

  • Training efforts are being continued, especially in the fields of purchasing, employee representatives, etc.
  • Measures may be examined with businesses to encourage adherence to rules on the products authorised for sale and consumption in countries that have ratified the UN Guiding Principles.

4. International Frameworks Agreements

Proposal for Action No. 11 [page 46]

Actions underway

  • France encourages the generalisation and reinforcement of international framework agreements that include human rights criteria, measures to regularly monitor their implementation and ex-post evaluation mechanisms

 

5. Employee representative

Proposal for Action No. 12 [page 44]

Actions underway

  • France ensures staff representative bodies have sufficient operating resources to defend human rights.