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C. Pillar III. Access to Remedy [page 21-22]

In relation to the access to reparation mechanisms, it is important to highlight the role of human rights defenders, and the serious obstacle posed by threats or repression directed against them. In this context, it is worth mentioning the Program for Protection and Temporary Shelter of Threatened Human Rights Defenders, managed by the HumanRights Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation since 1995. The Program is directed to threatened human rights defenders in at risk situations due to non-violent activity in defense of universally recognised human rights. The Program is developed in close collaboration with civil society organisations, which can request the inclusion of a person in the Program.

Measures

1. Within one year from the approval of this Plan, the Monitoring Commission will prepare a report on the legal mechanisms through which the civil liability of companies that cause damage or harm to human rights, including damage or harm caused through the lack of action on due diligence for the prevention of their own behavior, or that of their employees or agents, or that of the companies belonging to the same business group.
2. The Government will collaborate with civil society organisations in the distribution of existing redress mechanisms available to victims of human rights abuses caused by the activity of companies.
3. The Government will apply its commitments derived from the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.