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Switzerland – Children’s Rights
2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.2 Pillar 2: the corporate responsibility to respect human rights … as part of the UN Global Impact, a number of Swiss companies … seek to abolish child labour…. 2.2.1 Foundational principles Guiding Principles 11 to 15 The responsibility of business enterprises to respect…
Sweden
2 The corporate responsibility to respect human rights [page 13] “Internationally recognised instruments provide guidance for companies in their human rights efforts.2 The UN Guiding Principles focus on businesses and human rights. The United Nations Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles take a broader approach and…
Poland – Children’s rights
2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar I: The state’s duty to protect human rights Planned changes in national legislation Prevention of economic exploitation of children [page 12] “Article 39 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that States Parties to the Convention “recognise the right of the child to be protected from economic…
Norway
2. The State duty to protect human rights 2.3 State ownership and practice for supprting the business sector Responsible management [page 22]: Norges Bank has chosen to focus on certain areas in order to achieve the best and most effective risk management and exercise of ownership rights. At present the bank has three focus areas…
Netherlands
The Dutch NAP makes no direct reference to children’s rights, but makes reference to child labour in a number of places. 2. Current policy [page 9] “To prevent abuses in terms of working conditions, child labour, environment, corruption and human rights in their supply chains, the government expects companies to act in accordance with the…
Lithuania
Objective 2: promoting corporate responsibility and respect in the field of business and human rights C. Planned Measures [page 8] 2. “Innovation promotion. … Innovation programme foresees that: … it is important to promote the creation and development of social innovation in order to provide more effectively services for families, children, socially vulnerable groups by…
Germany
1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Protection within states’ own territory – challenges within Germany The current situation [page 15] “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…
France
I. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The International Framework 5. The International Organisation of la Francophonie (OIF) Actions to be Implemented [page 16]: Work to enhance cooperation between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and ILO to better integrate international social standards on responsible production processes and methods (for example, targeting child labour and…
Finland
1 The state obligation to protect human rights 1.1 Human rights in Finnish legislation [page 13] “According to the equality provision of the Constitution, no one may be treated differently based on sex, age, origin, language, religion, conviction, opinion, health, handicap or other reason related to the individual. In addition, the Constitution states that children…
France
Introduction [page 4] Human rights are among the founding values of the French Republic. Promoting the highest standards in this field is a fundamental goal of its action at the national, European an international levels. As such, France adheres to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were unanimously adopted by…
Belgium
STATUS IN BELGIUM/ACTIONS ENGAGED: In Section 4 “Scope of the action plan” p.7: The NAP explicitly states that “the action plan and the baseline mapping specifically address the first and third pillars of United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights, namely the obligation of the state to protect people, when third parties, including…
Denmark
Appendix 1, GP 7 State Duty to Protect [page 30] “Supporting business respect for human rights in conflict-affected areas. Because the risk of gross human rights abuses is heightened in conflict-affected areas, States should help ensure that business enterprises operating in those contexts are not involved with such abuses, including by: a) Engaging at the earliest…
Belgium
Action point 22 Encourage responsible supply chain management with a sector-wide approach Encourager la gestion responsable des chaînes d’approvisionnement avec une approche sectorielle The NAP describes several tools of the OECD, including “OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas,” which the federal government seeks to engage with…
Belgium
Action Point 19 Promote best practice of SMEs that adopt responsible supply chain management, especially through the « CSR Compass » tool Promouvoir les bonnes pratiques des PME qui adoptent une gestion de la chaine d’approvisionnement responsable, notamment grâce à l’outil « CSR Compass » The NAP broadly mentions children’s rights in relation to the…
Denmark
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 … children’s rights …” Appendix 1, GP 3b Status in Denmark (initiatives implemented before the UN ratification of the Guiding Principles) [page 26]: “Large parts of Danish national law support compliance with the UNGPs…