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CHAPTER I : PROCESS OF ELABORATING THE FIRST NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 1.2. Methodology: Peer-to-peer dialogue as the basis of the NAP Management by results favors that the NAP complies with the requirement of mainstreaming the human rights approach and its complementary approaches (Minjusdh, 2019), which are the following: Disability perspective:…

CHAPTER I : PROCESS OF ELABORATING THE FIRST NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS In 2009, as part of its adherence to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the government established a National Contact Point (NCP) for RBCs, located in Peru’s Private Investment Promotion Agency (Proinversión). Under the OECD Guidelines, the Peruvian NCP…

CHAPTER I : PROCESS OF ELABORATING THE FIRST NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS Under the OECD Guidelines, the Peruvian NCP is tasked with promoting the Guidelines and related Due Diligence Guidance and handling cases related to potential non-compliance with the Guidelines by a multinational enterprise, through a non-judicial process of mediation and…

The Peruvian NAP does not make an explicit reference to Non-financial reporting.

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN PREFACE There are a total of 97 actions with more than 150 indicators, distributed in five strategic guidelines and 13 objectives, involving 21 public entities of the Executive Power, with the support, according to their competences, of the Judicial Power, the Public Ministry, the Academy of the Magistracy, the Ombudsman’s Office,…

CHAPTER III DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS 3.2. Conclusions of the specific issues Foreign migrants Social integration processes require the adoption of structural measures such as identification, access to work, education, among others, in order to allow social mobility. Progress has been identified in the area of migratory regularization; thus, in 2020, a regularization measure…

CHAPTER III DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS 3.2. Conclusions of the specific issues Human rights defenders According to the MINJUSDH registry, situations of violation of the rights of human rights defenders are due to economic informality, the lack of legal security in the titling of communal lands, the resulting land trafficking, and criminality associated with…

CHAPTER III: DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS 3.1. General conclusions of the diagnosis and baseline Thirdly, with respect to judicial and extrajudicial reparation mechanisms, positive changes have also been evidenced at the regulatory level. Thus, the State has adopted administrative, civil, and criminal penalties for breaches of human rights legislation in the business context. In…

The Peruvian NAP does not make an explicit reference to Investment treaties and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).

CHAPTER I : PROCESS OF ELABORATING THE FIRST NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 1.3. Stages of the elaboration process First stage: call for stakeholders It was developed from January to August 2019. It was characterized by the identification and rappro- chement of stakeholders from the State, companies, civil society, indigenous peoples, trade…

The Peruvian NAP does not make an explicit reference to Information and communications technology (ICT) and electronics sector.

The Peruvian NAP does not make an explicit reference to human rights impact assessments.

INTRODUCTION It is also noteworthy that Peru has taken significant steps to implement due diligence standards. In this regard, in 2018 it adhered to the OECD Council Recommendation on Due Diligence Guidance for a RBC, which adds to previous accessions to the Council Recommendations on Due Diligence Guidance for the mining sector in 2011 and…

CHAPTER II: THE BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PERU One of the most studied issues refers to the tense relationship between some business activities and the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples. In addition to the above, there is a lack of evidence that shows the commitment of companies to the particular protection…

CHAPTER III : DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS 3.2. Conclusions of the specific issues Women There is historical structural discrimination against women that generates various violations in the access to rights such as freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive health, participation in decision-making spaces, and violations in social and economic rights. The Peruvian State has…

INTRODUCTION It is also noteworthy that Peru has taken significant steps to implement due diligence standards. In this regard, in 2018 it adhered to the OECD Council Recommendation on Due Diligence Guidance for a RBC, which adds to previous accessions to the Council Recommendations on Due Diligence Guidance for the mining sector in 2011 and…

CHAPTER I : PROCESS OF ELABORATING THE FIRST NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 1.2. Methodology: Peer-to-peer dialogue as the basis of the NAP Management by results favors that the NAP complies with the requirement of mainstreaming the human rights approach and its complementary approaches (Minjusdh, 2019), which are the following: Gender approach:…

CHAPTER III DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS 3.2. Conclusions of the specific issues Freedom of association and collective bargaining Freedom of association and collective bargaining are human rights recognized in the main international instruments and this generates responsibilities on the part of the State for their protection. Respect for these rights is binding and requires…

CHAPTER III DIAGNOSIS AND BASELINE: ACTION AREAS Child labor Progress was found in the reduction of child labor rates, as part of the expected results, but the evaluation and monitoring of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor 2011-2021, in charge of the MTPE, the governing body in this area, is…

The Peruvian NAP does not make an explicit reference to the finance and banking sector.