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IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Administrative liability of companies “Twenty years after the approval of Legislative Decree No. 231 of 2001, which governs the administrative liability of companies and entities, the Ministry of Justice has recently set up a working group with the CNPDS (National Centre for Prevention and Social Defence Foundation), Confindustria…

1. Key areas for action [page 13] In relation to the three pillars of the UN Guiding Principles, the following are the primary areas for action: … access to grievance and remedy mechanisms.” 1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Protection within states’ own territory – challenges within Germany Measures [page 16] “To supplement the existing…

III- Access to Remedy 1. Judicial Mechanisms – At the International Level 1.1 The Protocol to the ILO Forced Labour Convention (No.29) [page 47] France ratified the Protocol to the 1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention (no.29) on 7 June 2016. France was the fifth country to ratify the Protocol. This Protocol was adopted at the…

Introduction [page 11] “The third important element [of the UNGPs] is the access of victims of human rights violations to effective legal and non-legal remedies.” 1 The state obligation to protect human rights 1.1 Human rights in Finnish legislation [page 13] “Fundamental rights (such as equality, freedom of movement, protection of privacy, freedom of association,…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.3 Actions taken Protection of human rights in the business sphere in Danish legislation [page 12] “Protection of human rights in the business sphere in Danish legislation General Danish law contributes to fulfilling Denmark’s duty under human rights treaties to which it is a  party against human rights abuses by private actors,…

Action point 2 Prepare a brochure on grievance mechanisms related to public authority Elaborer une brochure sur les mécanismes de réparation liés à l’autorité publique This point states that the federal government will engage in a research mission to list all of the different state-based mechanisms (both judicial and non-judicial) that can be used in…

The U.S. NAP makes no direct reference to migrant workers.

The UK 2016 NAP refers to migrant workers in the Introduction [page 3]: “Since the publication of the UNGPs, in 2011, and the UK’s National Action Plan in 2013, there have been a number of developments at the international level. In particular: The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, agreed by world leaders and launched at…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.2 Pillar 2: the corporate responsibility to respect human rights   2.2.2 Operational principles: human rights due diligence Guiding Principles 16 to 21 Measure 29: Public-private partnerships to promote respect for human rights in the value chain The federal government supports a project to promote…

The Swedish NAP makes no reference to migrant workers.

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar III: Access to remedies Tasks of the National Labour Inspectorate in the field of combating human trafficking and, in particular, forced labour [page 47]: The signing of an agreement between the Border Guard Chief Commander and the Chief Labour Inspector in 2008 and then in 2015 served as an instrument…

3. The Corporate responsibility to respect human rights The 12th Principle [page 31]: Internationally recognized human rights’ are those set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the two 1966 International Covenants, on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and on Political and Civil Rights, and the ILO core conventions. In some cases,…

The Dutch NAP makes no reference to migrant workers.

The Lithuanian NAP makes no reference to migrant workers.

I. Guidelines and General Principles “the second Italian NAP-BHR intends to strengthen the application of the UNGPs through a series of complementary measures, referring in particular to the following guidelines: – the commitment to update and improve collective action in relation to multiple human rights issues from the perspective of protecting the ‘most vulnerable’ (women…

1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Protection within states’ own territory – challenges within Germany [page 15-16] The current situation “People in vulnerable situations pose a particular challenge in Germany as elsewhere. These include migrants and, in general, employees in precarious work. These groups of people are exposed to a high risk of labour exploitation….

III- Access to Remedy 2. Non-Judicial Mechanisms – At the International Level 2.4 The European Social Charter In order to promote and guarantee social rights not covered in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Council of Europe drew up the European Social Charter, which was adopted in Turin in 1961. Significantly, the 1961 Charter…

The Finnish NAP makes no reference to migrant workers.

There is no explicit reference to migrant workers in the Belgian NAP.

Introduction 3. Actions taken to align NAPs with the UN Guiding Principles The Polish NAP refers briefly to the Polish NHRI (original: Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich, English: Commissioner for Human Rights) on page 7 where it lists the Commissioner among the institutions involved in the NAP development. Pillar III. Access to remedies [page 37]: A remedy…