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II. Objectives and Measures Objective 1: ensuring State’s duty to protect, defend and respect human rights A. Legislative measures [pages 1-2] 1. Improvement of the legislative process. The aim is to review legal acts regulating law­ making, including also, if necessary, drafting of required new legal acts, as well as to ensure dissemination of best…

2. The state obligation to protect human rights  2.1 Human rights in Finnish legislation [page 13] Finland is strongly committed to the protection and promotion of human rights through national legislation and international cooperation. Our reinforced Constitution protects the inviolability of human dignity as well as the freedom and rights of individuals, and promotes justice…

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  Guiding Principle 3 [pages 13-21] To an extent appropriate to the attendant risks, the federal government exercises its influence in the form of non-legally-binding and, where necessary, legally-binding instruments to encourage…

2. State Duty to Protect Human Rights 2.2 Recommendations from the Council for CSR on the state duty to protect: [page 10] Among other initiatives, the Council for CSR recommended that the Danish Government: Expands the existing Danish corporate non-financial reporting requirement to include mandatory reporting on human rights; Encourages responsible public procurement by requiring…

1.3 CSR in the Norwegian business sector [page 13] The Norwegian Corporate Governance Board (NUES) has published recommendations that have to be followed by all companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Another initiative is the Business for Peace Foundation, which promotes business practices that contribute to sustainable development. The social partners have played an active role…

The National Action Plan Leading by Example Outcome 1.1: Promoting RBC Globally [page 8-9] New Actions 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…

1. The State Duty to protect Swedish legislation to protect human rights [page 10] Human rights are protected in Swedish legislation primarily via the constitutional regulations in the Instrument of Government, the Freedom of the Press Act and the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression. An individual’s fundamental rights and freedoms are also expressed in…

I. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights [page 11] France adheres to all the instruments that are part of the international business and human rights framework, and is present in all relevant forums (the United Nations–UN, the International Labour Organization–ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development–OECD, the European Union–EU, the Council of Europe,…

Action point 1.5 (p. 11): “Each entity part of the Working Group, according to their operational plan, will define their training plan on this matter and will encourage the learning management in order to guarantee the continuation of the execution of the actions of this Plan. The inter-institutional training processes will be promoted for a…

VI. Culture of Human Rights and peace-building in the business sector Two political agendas working together [page 18] 6.1 The Council to the President for Human Rights, within the following year of this Plan being launched, will encourage business to define and publicly disclose their political commitment to respect human rights.

Pillar II. The corporate responsibility to respect human rights [page 28] (…)By preparing the National Action Plan for implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the government administration is sending a clear signal to entrepreneurs, pointing out that the obligation to apply the UN Guiding Principles is the best way…

I. Statement of Commitment [page 5] (…)Encourage companies, also in view of the updating of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development, in line with the commitments undertaken with the Agenda 2030 and the role that the private sector will be called to play in its implementation, to voluntarily commit themselves at national, regional and international…

Introduction [page 5] The Netherlands encourages the business community to respect human rights. The aim is to prevent companies from abusing human rights either directly or within supply chains…The guiding principle is that businesses have a social responsibility to apply the same human rights norms both in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Current policy [page 9]…

II. Objectives and Measures Objective 2. Promoting corporate responsibility and respect in the field of business and human rights [pages 7-8] B. Government measures encouraging business enterprises to secure respect for human rights 1. National Responsible Business Award– annual initiative lunched and implemented by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour together with the UN…

3. Expectations towards companies and support services [page 23] The central objective of the UN principles is to promote companies’ voluntary commitment to following international human rights norms. Human rights are universally recognised, which means that following them in business activities does not depend on the ability and/or willingness of states to meet their human…

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  The UNGP distinguish between three types of adverse human rights impacts on the part of business enterprises: Business enterprises may abuse human rights through their own activities. Business enterprises may…

Preface [page 6] “Companies must integrate social responsibility in their core business.” 2. State Duty to Protect Human Rights 2.3 Actions taken [pages 11 and 13] Danish Government’s expectations to companies “In the National Action plan for CSR, the Danish Government sets out clear expectations to Danish companies that they must take responsibility to respect…

The Government’s expectations of business enterprises [page 9] Business enterprises have an independent responsibility under the UN Guiding Principles to respect human rights by developing a public strategy or policy, exercising due diligence and helping to ensure a consultation and remediation process for individuals and communities affected by their activities. The responsibility to respect human…