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4. Guaranteeing access to remedies and redress Measures There are already enterprises that give their own employees and outsiders the opportunity to report potential or actual violations of human rights in the framework of in-house or industry-wide grievance procedures. The Federal Government will highlight best practices in future and promote the adoption of such mechanisms.
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4. Guaranteeing access to remedies and redress 4.2 National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines [pages 39-40] The National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has been operating ever since 2001 as an extrajudicial grievance mechanism. It is based at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and has a…
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4. Guaranteeing access to remedies and redress 4.1 Access to justice and the courts for injured parties [pages 46-38] Civil remedies in Germany 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….
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4. Guaranteeing access to remedies and redress [page 37] Support for remedy mechanisms in third countries With regard to potential human rights violations within supply chains, great importance attaches to reinforcement of the rule of law and democracy in the relevant third countries, because that will create conditions for the introduction of effective redress mechanisms…
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2.2 Transparency and communication regarding corporate impacts on human rights [page 30] The number of enterprises that already present regular sustainability reports on a voluntary basis is steadily increasing. For example, the participants in the Global Compact, more than 300 in number, have committed themselves to presenting annual reports. The reports from German enterprises, and…
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III. Federal Government expectations regarding corporate due diligence in respecting human rights Scope and practical structuring of due diligence in the field of human rights [pages 7-8] The responsibility to exercise due diligence applies in principle to all enterprises, regardless of their size, the sector in which they operate, or their operational context within a…
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2. Challenges in corporate practice [page 29] In the framework of the German presidency of the G7 in 2015, the Federal Government was a driving force behind the successful proposal to include a chapter on responsible supply chains in the Leaders’ Declaration. In that chapter, the private sector is being urged to exercise due diligence…
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2. Challenges in corporate practice [page 2] Measures The Federal Government will support the systematic inclusion of sustainability chapters in free-trade agreements, which will prescribe, among other things, compliance with the ILO Core Labour Standards. 1.The State Duty to Protect 1.3 Basic rule of economic policy [page 18] Bi- and multilateral economic relations Under…