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Netherlands
The Dutch NAP makes no reference to human rights defenders or whistle-blowers.
Finland
3.2 Reporting on corporate social responsibility [page 25] Reporting on corporate social responsibility may be a significant factor in monitoring the human rights impacts and risks of companies. In the Resolution on Corporate Social Responsibility, the Finnish Government encourages companies to publish the non-financial data on the social and environmental impact of their activities. The…
Switzerland
5. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 5.7 Pillar 1: state duty to protect 5.7.2 Operational principles: legislative and information policy measures [page 19] Guiding Principle 3 PI12 Sustainability reporting standards Reporting on the action taken by a business enterprise to respect human rights is an important element of due diligence under Pillar…
Lithuania
The Lithuanian NAP makes no reference to human rights defenders and whistle-blowers.
Italy
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: – addressing issues and practices related to the protection of the environment, health, decent work and ‘Human Rights Defenders’, also in the face of…
Denmark
2. State Duty to Protect Human Rights 2.3 Actions taken Reporting requirement on human rights impact [page 14] “Another priority for the Danish Government has been to strengthen the existing legal reporting requirement for the largest Danish companies and all state-owned companies (GP 3d). Since 2009, large companies including all state-owned companies and institutional investors…
Germany
1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Protection within states’ own territory – challenges within Germany [page 15-16] The current situation “The protection of whistleblowers is a highly valuable accompanying measure in the detection of exploitative employment. General provisions in the field of labour law (sections 612a and 626 of the German Civil Code and section…
Norway
2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.1 The state as legislator [page 18] The Accounting Act Under the Accounting Act, large enterprises have been required to submit reports on CSR since 2013. The provision stipulating that enterprises must take account of human rights is considered to be in line with the Guiding Principles…
France
I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The European Framework Actions Underway [page 18] France has transposed the European Directive on trade secrets into national law, allowing businesses to protect trade secrets while assuring the necessary transparency of business activities and conduct, and the protection of whistle-blowers acting in the public interest. II-…
Sweden
Annex: Measures planned Regulations and legislation [page 27] The interim report Implementation of the EU’s new accounting directive (Swedish Government Official Reports 2014:22) proposes enhanced transparency regarding payments made by some companies active in the extractive industry and in the logging of natural forests. The provisions will require companies to publish annual reports on payments…
France
II. Business Responsibility to Respect Human Rights 6. Reporting [pages 44-45] Businesses must monitor the human rights measures they adopt and disclose on their initiatives in this field. Under European Directive 2014/95/EU, human rights will become one of the pillars of CSR. This position will be reflected in French reporting requirements when the directive is…
Belgium
PLANNED ACTIONS: Action point 16, Promouvoir les rapports sociétaux, droits de l’Homme inclus [Promote social reporting, including human rights] is the main action point covering the issue of non-financial reporting. The NAP explains that given the adoption of the new EU directive 2014/95/EU, some major companies will be required to disclose non-financial information in their…
Finland
The Finnish NAP makes reference to human rights defenders in general terms. It makes no reference to whistle-blowers. 3 Expectations towards companies and support services 3.5 Support for Finnish and international organisations promoting the subject [page 28] “Defenders of human rights, trade unions and other civil society operators can play an important role in the…
Denmark
No specific mention of whistleblowers in the NAP. Whistleblowers are mentioned in the introduction only. 1. Introduction [page 9] “Denmark has a long political tradition of supporting and addressing human rights. Changing governments have concentrated on special focus areas such as … human rights defenders”
Belgium
Action point 9 Strengthen collaboration between public services and the various organizations active in the field of human rights and of international entrepreneurship Renforcer la collaboration entre les services publics et diverses organisations actives dans le domaine des droits de l’Homme et de l’entrepreneuriat international This point briefly mentions human rights defenders. The NAP states…
US
Outcome 1.1: Promoting RBC Globally New Actions [page 8] “OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: For the first time, in 2016 the U.S. National Contact Point (USNCP) for the OECD Guidelines published an annual report and in 2017 will develop an outreach plan to continue its efforts to broaden understanding and implementation of the OECD Guidelines…