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Luxembourg – Extraterritorial jurisdiction
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Luxembourg – Export credit
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Luxembourg – Equality & non-discrimination
Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.15 Protection of human rights in business in the context of new information and communication technologies (ICT), including artificial intelligence (AI) Context (…) In his report to the UN General Assembly in 2018, Mr David…
Luxembourg – Environment & Climate change
Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.7. Follow up on the commitment to introduce a duty of care at a European level Context Following the Government’s commitment in the coalition agreement that “Luxembourg will support European initiatives to strengthen the social…
Luxembourg – Development finance institutions
Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.8 Promotion of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in international fora and in international relations, including international economic relations and relations with Luxembourg’s cooperation partner countries Context Luxembourg supports initiatives…
Luxembourg – Data protection & Privacy
Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.15. Protection of human rights in business in the context of new information and communication technologies (ICT), including artificial intelligence (AI) Context One of the risk sectors recognised in the NAP2 is the new information…
Luxembourg – corruption
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’ The 2020-22 NAP states the second edition of the National Action Plan complements the first NAP. Additional information about the first NAP can be found here.
Luxembourg – corporate law
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’ The 2020-22 NAP states the second edition of the National Action Plan complements the first NAP. Additional information about the first NAP can be found here.
Luxembourg – Construction
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’ The 2020-22 NAP states the second edition of the National Action Plan complements the first NAP. Additional information about the first NAP can be found here.
Luxembourg – conflict-affected areas
Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.10. Preparation of the implementation in Luxembourg of the EU regulation on conflict minerals Context The legislative challenge in 2020 is to create a regulatory framework to implement the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation. Indeed, the…
Luxembourg – Children’s Rights
‘Luxembourg’s NAP does not explicitly address this issue’ The 2020-22 NAP states the second edition of the National Action Plan complements the first NAP. Additional information about the first NAP can be found here.
Belgium
PLANNED ACTIONS: Action point 2, Elaborer une brochure sur les mécanismes de réparation liés à l’autorité publique [Prepare a brochure on grievance mechanisms related to public authority] states that the federal government will engage in a research mission to list all of the different state-based mechanisms (both judicial and non-judicial) that can be used in…
Belgium
The NAP does not contain any measures related to and aimed at implementing GP 30.
Belgium
The NAP does not contain measure on companies’ responsibility to provide effective operational-level grievance mechanism. In the introduction of the NAP p.7 it is stated that “the second pillar, which concerns companies’ responsibility to respect human rights, is of paramount importance for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles. Since this second pillar focuses exclusively…
Belgium
The NAP mainly contains measures regarding state-based grievance mechanism. Action point 1, Elaborer une boîte à outils destinée aux entreprises et organisations concernant les droits de l’Homme [Develop a toolkit for companies and organizations on human rights], presents the action of developing, in collaboration with experts and its main human rights stakeholders and organizations, a…
Belgium
PLANNED ACTIONS: Action point 2, Elaborer une brochure sur les mécanismes de réparation liés à l’autorité publique [Prepare a brochure on grievance mechanisms related to public authority] states that the federal government will engage in a research mission to list all of the different state-based mechanisms (both judicial and non-judicial) that can be used in…
Belgium
PLANNED ACTIONS: Action point 3, Formulation de recommandations en vue d’améliorer l’accès à un mécanisme de reparation judiciaire [Recommendations for improving the access to a judicial grievance mechanism], covers the issue of judicial remedy in a broad manner. The NAP explains that “despite the existence of these mechanisms, in cases of human rights violations, more…
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,…