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The UK 2016 NAP highlights the report on “Public Procurement and Human Rights” launched by The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. [page 5] The UK 2016 NAP, in the Government Commitments section [page 10], states: “The Government will do the following to reinforce its implementation of its commitments under Pillar 1 of the UNGPs: (…)…

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 Given the federal government’s direct influence on the activities of federal government-associated businesses, it has a particular obligation to ensure that these companies respect human rights, for example…

Annex: Measures planned [page 27-28] Regulations and legislation “The EU has adopted new procurement directives: a Directive on public procurement, a Directive on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and a Directive on the award of concession contracts. The recitals of the Directives expressly state that the contracting…

2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.5 Public procurement [page 25]: “The sixth principle deals with public procurement: States should promote respect for human rights by business enterprises with which they conduct commercial transactions. Since the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines do not distinguish between public-sector and private-sector business conduct, it…

2. Current policy [page 9] “In its letter ‘CSR Pays Off’ the government identifies its tasks in relation to ICSR. They are: … to set a good example – by pursuing sustainable procurement policies, for instance.” 3.2 Policy coherence [page 17-18] Sustainable procurement policy “Under the social conditions of national sustainable procurement policy, companies supplying…

The Lithuanian NAP makes no reference to public procurement.

IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Environment “The Ministry for Ecological Transition is in charge for monitoring implementation of legislative decrees enforcing the ‘Circular Economy Package’ and preparation of corrective decrees; National Action Plan for the environmental sustainability of consumption in the Public Administration will be defined to maximize green public procurement (…)” (p….

The German NAP includes a specific section on public procurement. 1.2 Public procurement [page 21-22] “The total value of public procurement contracts amounts to about €280 billion a year. The federal, state, and local authorities bear particular responsibility in this domain, in that they must discharge the state duty to protect human rights and ensure…

Abstract “Key aims for the action plan are the legislative report, definition of the due diligence obligation, and the application of social criteria in public procurement.” Government covering note on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights National Action Plan “Key aims for the action plan are the legislative report, definition of the…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.2 Recommendations from the Council for CSR on the state duty to protect [page 10] “In November 2011, the Danish Council for CSR started working on recommendations to the Government on how the UNGPs on the state duty to protect could be implemented. The council finished its work in January…

2021-2024 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN 11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Authorisation to export arms and military equipment The Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take into account the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the course of assessment procedure regarding applications for granting permission to export arms and…

Outcome 1.3: Leverage U.S. Government Purchasing Power to Promote High Standards Ongoing Commitments and Initiatives [page 11] “State and Department of Defense (DOD) Contracting with Private Security Providers: DOD requires private security companies (PSCs) with which it contracts to demonstrate conformance with standards consistent with the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers…

The UK 2016 NAP refers to security sector in the section devoted to Actions Taken [page 9]: “To give effect to the UN Guiding Principles, the Government has: (…) in March 2015 the Government concluded its chairmanship of the Voluntary Principles Initiative. During our chairmanship we worked to raise awareness of the VPI in priority…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   Guiding Principles 1 to 3 2.1.2 Operational principles: legislative and information policy measures Measure 1: Rules on the export of war material and technologies for internet surveillance The manufacture, brokerage, export and transit of war material for…