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Denmark
2. State Duty to Protect 2.3 Actions Taken Promotion of human rights in commercial transactions [page 13] The Government has committed itself to promoting responsibility in public procurement through several initiatives among other: – By publishing a set of common guidelines for responsible procurement in the public sector in collaboration with municipalities and other relevant…
Norway
2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.5 Public procurement [page 25] “(…) Since the UN Guiding Principles and the OECD Guidelines do not distinguish between public-sector and private-sector business conduct, it is important that the state should have high standards. It is not logical to have high expectations of private companies if the…
United Kingdom
The UK 2013 NAP The State’s Duty to Protect Human Rights The existing UK legal and policy framework Actions taken (ii) sought and are committed to ensuring that in UK Government procurement human rights related matters are reflected appropriately when purchasing goods, works and services. Under the public procurement rules public bodies may exclude tenderers…
United States
The National Action Plan Leading by example Outcome 1.3: Leverage U.S. Government Purchasing Power to Promote High Standards [pages 10-11] New Actions Research and Tools on Preventing Trafficking in Global Supply Chains: The State Department funded research on “Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal and Corporate Supply Chains” to develop a set of…
Sweden
Annex: Measures planned Regulations and legislation [page 27] 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…
France
I. The Obligation of the State to Protect Human Rights Public procurement policy [pages 25-26] Under Article 15 of Decree 2016-360 of 25 March 2016, contracting authorities may choose to include general administrative terms and conditions in public contracts. These terms and conditions cover general rather than specific provisions (performance of services, payment, auditing of…
The Netherlands
3.5 Scope for Remedy Judicial mechanisms [page 33] “Under the rules of private international law, a dispute about harm is judged on the basis of the law of the country in which it has occurred. If it is the result of the actions of a foreign subsidiary of a Dutch parent company, any liability on…
lithuania
The Lithuanian NAP makes no reference to extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Belgium
PLANNED ACTION: The principle is mainly covered in one action point, Action point 13 on public procurement. Action point 13, Renforcer et contrôler le respect des droits de l’Homme dans les marchés publics [Strengthen and monitor the respect for human rights in public procurement], covers specific plans for the federal governments as well as all…
Italy
IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Internationalization of companies “In the management of financial instruments of development cooperation, with particular regard – but not limited to – facilities to Italian companies participating in joint ventures in partner countries, whose regulatory basis lies in Art. 27 of Law No. 125/14, standards on respect for human…
Colombia
II. The State as an economic actor Including human rights in the State’s business activity [page 13] To this end: 2.4 The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and its entities will determine the requirements regarding sustainability and respect for human rights as the criteria to select the enterprises to participate in their business activity…
Germany
4.1 Access to justice and the courts for injured parties Civil remedies in Germany [page 36] “Germany’s judiciary works independently and efficiently. Anyone who considers that his or her rights have been infringed in Germany by the actions of an enterprise can make claims before the civil courts. Anyone, moreover, who considers that his or…
Italy
IV. Government responses Current Activities and Future Commitments [page 21] B. Operational Principles The State-business nexus Guiding Principle 5 Italy is committed to ensure that business enterprises that:… ii) receive support, benefit from services from Government agencies…, operate in full compliance with human rights enshrined in domestic legislation, international regulations and standards, and soft law…
France
I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The International Framework 1. The United Nations (UN) [page 12] Most international CSR standards refer to the UN instruments that are part of what is known as the “International Bill of Human Rights”, … Under this charter, States have an obligation to protect all human rights, which…
Finland
1 The state obligation to protect human rights 1.1 Human rights in Finnish legislation [page 13-14] “…on an international level states implement human rights conventions differently. This affects international business activities and their regulation. The international preparation and development of the UN principles deal with the legal regulation of cross-border business activities. The concept of…
Switzerland
5. National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 5.7 Pillar 1: state duty to protect 5.7.3 The State-business nexus [page 24] Guiding Principle 5 Guiding Principle 5 concerns situations in which private business enterprises provide services on behalf of the federal government. The requirements that the federal government sets for these enterprises draw on…
Denmark
2. State Duty to Protect 2.4. Planned Actions Increasing the use of labour and social clauses in public contracts [page 16] Part of the foundation of the Danish labour market model is that work performed in Denmark must be performed on Danish pay and working conditions. In this, the authorities hold an important role in…