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2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   2.1.3 The State-business nexus Guiding Principles 4 to 5 Measure 11: Human rights due diligence by public-private development partnerships As laid down in the Code of Conduct for Contractual Partners of the FDFA [Federal Department of Foreign…

1 The State duty to protect human rights [page 10] Swedish legislation to protect human rights “The purpose of the Discrimination Act (2008:567) is to combat discrimination and in other ways promote equal rights and opportunities regardless of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, impairment, sexual orientation or age. The Act…

2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.1 The State as Legislator[paragraph 1, page 18] “The duty of business enterprises to respect human rights is set out in Norwegian legislation, for example in the Working Environment Act, the Gender Equality Act and the Environmental Information Act. 2.6 Human rights in conflict areas [Paragraph 2, page…

The Dutch NAP includes limited references to gender and women’s rights. 3.1 An active role for the government Level playing field [page 15] “The Netherlands is also committed to universal ratification of the ILO’s fundamental labour standards: … equality of opportunity and treatment …” 3.3 Clarifying due diligence CSR Risk Check [page 23] “Using a…

Objective 1: ensuring State’s duty to protect, defend and respect human rights [page 1] “Protection of human rights, ensuring equal employment, social and other opportunities, gender equality, reducing gender pay gap – these are fundamental values to be pursued in labour relations and regulation of corporate activities. The Government has the obligation to ensure the…

Outcome 1.1: Promoting RBC Globally Ongoing Commitments and Initiatives [page 8-9] “International Labor Organization: The U.S. government will continue to engage with representatives of employers and workers, and with other governments, to address key issues including but not limited to: employment, protection of worker rights, and social protection. To that end, the U.S. government played…

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’…

The UK 2016 NAP refers to the workers’ rights 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: (…) protect labour rights, promote safe and secure working environments for all…

1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Protection within states’ own territory – challenges within Germany The current situation [page 15-17] “The instruments that are now binding in Germany include … the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” “Germany is also bound by EU Directive 2011/36/EU and has ratified both the Council of Europe…

4. Position of the Federal Council on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 4.3 The position and expectations of the Federal Council [page 8]: Depending on the circumstances, business enterprises must also observe additional standards concerning particularly vulnerable population groups (cf. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Guideline 40). These include, for example,…

1 The State duty to protect human rights [page 10-11] Swedish legislation to protect human rights “Through other legislation, such as civil law legislation on rights at work and on discrimination, as well as criminal law legislation, the State seeks to ensure that an individual’s human rights are also respected by third parties, including business…

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar I: The state’s duty to protect human rights  5. Planned changes in national legislation Amendment to the Trade Union Act section [page 25]:  The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has drafted a bill amending the Trade Union Act that provides for extending the right of workers to organize…

I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The European Framework 8. Trade and Investment Agreements [page 18] … Indeed, most bilateral investment agreements and a growing number of bilateral and regional trade agreements implement mechanisms for investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). ISDS enables foreign investors to bring arbitration proceedings when they consider that host States…

2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.3 State ownership and practice for supporting the business sector Responsible management [page 23]: However, it should be emphasized that Norges Bank’s work on responsible management is not confined to these areas. In its annual report on responsible management for 2014 the bank has elaborated on how…

Introduction [page 11] “In Finland, there has been a desire to construct a society based on equality and to develop methods and a culture is sensitive to the impact of equality and gender. Equal treatment is taken into consideration in all the legislation and preparation of the national budget, various central government programmes and projects,…