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Luxembourg – Supply chains

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…

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Luxembourg – Public procurement

Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.5. Increase the consideration of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by contracting authorities in their public procurement procedures   Context The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights pay particular attention…

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Luxembourg – ICT

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…

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Luxembourg – due diligence

Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.2. Implement pilot projects on due diligence in companies with majority state ownership   Context As a follow-up to NAP 1, it is important that the State continues to set a good example, including by implementing…

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Luxembourg – Guidance to business

Part II: Specific objectives of the National Action Plan 2020-2022 1. The state duty to protect human rights (…) 1.3. Training on “Business and Human Rights” matters for jurists   Context The legal professions are important potential multipliers for informing and raising awareness on the topic of “Business and Human Rights”. The very positive experience…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Belgium-Environment/Climate Change

Action point 10 Belgium engages itself to integrate the criteria of the UNGPs and of the corporate social responsibilities in the strategy to support the development of the local private sector of Belgium (Page 33) La Belgique s’engage à intégrer des critères « droits de l’Homme » et de Responsabilité sociétale des entreprises (RSE) dans…

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Belgium-SDG/Agenda 2030

Preamble This globalization presents extraordinary opportunities for an open and commercially engaged country like Belgium. It also makes Belgium’s companies social actors in countries where they are active, far beyond the purely economic aspect. This reality cannot be conceived of an isolation from the rest of our foreign policy. Very committed to the universal principles…

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Belgium-Equality and Non-Discrimination

Action point 19 Promote good practices of SMEs that adopt responsible supply chain management, notably through the “CSR Compass” tool (Page 54) Promouvoir les bonnes pratiques des PME qui adoptent une gestion de la chaine d’approvisionnement responsable, notamment grâce à l’outil « CSR Compass » One of the most relevant instruments developed by the European…

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Belgium-Development Finance

Action point 10 Belgium commits itself to integrating the criteria of the UNGPs and of the corporate social responsibility in the strategy to support the development of the local private sector of Belgium cooperation (Page 33) La Belgique s’engage à intégrer des critères « droits de l’Homme » et de Responsabilité sociétale des entreprises (RSE)…

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Italy

II. Premises b) Italy and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) “The NAP addresses the issue of the negative impact of business activities on human rights and identifies specific commitments with the aim of effectively integrating the UNGPs into the national system and business activities” and introduces limited objectives and…

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Georgia – environment and climate change

Objective 25.11.1: Define conception for elaborating promotive mechanism regarding environment protection in business sector and strengthening women. Objective indicator: Presentation of research results. Activity: Searching finest practice in business sector, in terms of environment protection and strengthening women economically and conducting respective research. Responsible agency: Human Rights Secretariat of the Administration of the Government. No…

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Georgia – migrant workers

Objective 25.17.1: Ensure spread and popularisation of information concerning accessible services for migrant workers and their family members. Objective indicator: Number of respective trainings and meetings. Activity: Conducting awareness rising trainings and informational meetings about accessible services for migrant workers and their family members. Responsible agency: Human Rights Secretariat of the Administration of the Government;…

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Georgia – judical remedy

Objective 25.26.1: Raise awareness for the staff of judicial authority and investigative structures concerning human rights. Objective indicator: Number of conducted trainings. Activity: Defining target groups for trainings and conducting respective trainings. No responsible agency. Partnership agency: High Council of Justice; Office of Public Defender. Objective 25.28.1: Ensure strengthening high standard issues containing mechanism, including…

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Georgia – Guidance to business

Objective 25.4.1: Popularisation of necessary abilities in terms of responsible business and raise awareness. Objective indicators: 1) Existence of strategic document popularising entrepreneurship education within society. Activity: Creating expert group and managing working group. Responsible agency: Ministry of Economy and sustainable development of Georgia. 2) Elaborating studying programmes for entrepreneurship education at educational institutions, especially…

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