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V. Ensuring policy coherence [page 40] Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights will mean pooling the efforts of all stakeholders, creating incentives to improve the human rights situation throughout supply chains and in target countries for investments and preventing serious violations of human rights in the context of business operations. These…

2. Challenges in corporate practice Business activity in conflict zones [pages 32-33] The UN Guiding Principles attach particular priority to assisting enterprises in respecting human rights in areas torn by conflicts. One characteristic of such areas is an especially high risk of serious human rights violations resulting from the frequent total absence of state structures….

1.The State Duty to Protect 1.2 Public procurement [page 21] The total value of public procurement contracts amounts to about €280 billion a year. The federal, state, and local authorities bear particular responsibility in this domain, in that they must discharge the state duty to protect human rights and ensure that the use of public…

The German NAP does not contain a reference to GP5.

1. The State Duty to Protect 1.3 State support [page 22-27] Subsidies Subsidies always require special justification and regular effectiveness tracking, because long-term arrangements that benefit one side at the expense of others have adverse effects as a rule. For example, by altering relative prices over a sustained period, subsidies can send the wrong economic…

1. The State Duty to Protect 1.2 Basic rule of economic policy The current situation Germany has ratified major strategic international instruments codifying the protection of human rights, including labour rights, thereby incorporating them into national law. The same applies to the particularly important ILO instruments known as the Core Labour Standards. The instruments that…

III. Federal Government expectations regarding corporate due diligence in respecting human rights [pages 7-8] With regard to corporate respect for human rights, the Federal Government expects all enterprises to introduce the process of corporate due diligence described below in a manner commensurate with their size, the sector in which they operate, and their position in…

I. Introduction [page 3] The legal system of the Federal Republic of Germany contains numerous instruments that are focused primarily on the protection of human rights. They are binding on all enterprises. Where the business operations of an enterprise have an international dimension, procedures for identifying any actual or potential adverse impact on the human…

The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP31.

The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP30.

The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP29.

The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP28.

The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP26.

Access to Remedy XI. Non-Judicial Mechanisms [page 24] In view of the foregoing, this section aims at strengthening the talk mechanisms as a way to conflict resolution and access to remedy, in line with the efficacy criteria noted in the Guiding Principles and other international standards. 11.1 As regards the non-judicial remedy, the mechanism mapping…

Access to remedy [page 22] Where the human rights risk prevention has failed and an adverse effect has been caused, the State is obliged to provide remediation, being understood as the implementation of adequate measures to guarantee access to effective remediation. This Plan aims at a consistent judicial and non-judicial mechanism system providing satisfactory solutions…

The Irish NAP does not contain a reference to Gp31.

The Irish NAP does not contain a reference to Gp30.

Section 3. Actions II. Initial priorities for the Business and Human Rights Implementation Group Access to Remedy [page 19] Introduce a standing agenda item to explore international best practice and principles governing the development of operational level grievance mechanisms for individuals and communities who may be adversely impacted to make it possible for grievances to…

Section 3. Actions II. Initial priorities for the Business and Human Rights Implementation Group Access to Remedy [page 19] Engage with business representative bodies to promote and strengthen mediation as a viable option when businesses and their stakeholders are engaged in disputes.

Annex 1 – list of additional and ongoing actions to be carried out across government Domestic Framework [page 20] Facilitate mediation where appropriate in the OECD National Contact Point grievance procedures for cases arising under the OECD Multinational Guidelines following the publication of national procedures to give effect to the Guidelines.