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Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.5 [page 32] The Ministry of Social Development will: Through the Division of Public-Private Cooperation, include the focus on business, human rights and sustainable development in training activities about Public Incentives to Benefit…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.6 [pages 32-33] The Ministry for the Environment will: With the support of expert organisations, coordinate internal training at a national and international level, and at a macro-zone level in the Ministry of…

Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights [pages 31-32] Action Point 1.4 The Ministry of Energy will: Through the Division of Social Involvement and Dialogue, within the implementation framework of the Indigenous Chapter of the 2050 Energy Policy, perform the following actions:…

Pillar 1. The State duty to protect human rights Strand 3: Inclusion and Non-Discrimination [pages 35-38] Action Point 3.1 The Ministry of Labour will: Perform a series of actions aimed at the protection and defense of human and labour rights of migrants through: The identification of migrants that may benefit from State programmes on labour…

1. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights 1.2 Activities in international organisations [page 14] Finland shall bring forward questions related to human rights in international trade and development organisations and direct its support to programs related to business and human rights as part of Finland’s support to international trade and development organisations.  

1. The State Obligation to Protect Human Rights 1.2 Activities in international organisations [page 14] Finland will continue the dialogue related to the human rights impacts of business activities with the UN bodies for indigenous peoples and ensure that the effects of business activities on the realisation of the rights of indigenous peoples will be…

II. Business’s Responsibility to Respect Human Rights The International Framework 5. Employee Representatives [page 43] … The act on job security [Act of 14 June 2013] has several additional provisions for improving the information given to employees and reinforcing social dialogue in businesses and groups. Works councils must now be consulted on companies’ strategic goals…To…

The French NAP includes a large number of references to the environment and climate change. A number of these include: I. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights Introduction [page 12] France helps reinforce human rights and social and environmental standards at the national, European and international levels, offering constitutional, legislative and regulatory protections ……

1. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The National Framework 13. The Role of Public Agencies The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) [page 28] … The owners of projects with the highest social and environmental risks are asked to implement grievance management mechanisms to deal with alerts, questions, recommendations and requests from all interested…

II. The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The European Framework 8. Trade and Investment Agreements [page 30] … ISDS [investor-State dispute settlement] makes it possible to obtain rulings against States that do not respect their commitments (for example, due to discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, nationality, etc.) … Actions Underway: The AFD…

IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments International development cooperation “For Italy international development cooperation is “an integral and qualifying part of foreign policy”, as provided by Law No. 125/14. It contributes to the promotion of peace and justice and aims to foster solidarity and equal relations between peoples based on the principles of interdependence…

IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Children’s and adolescents’ rights “The Italian Government supports public and private sector initiatives to promote attention, inclusion and protection of children’s and adolescents’ rights in business practices with the aim of integrating them into all aspects of the value chain – from investment practices, supplier relations, marketing, end-product…

I. Guidelines and General Principles “The second Italian NAP-BHR intends to strengthen the application of the UNGPs through a series of complementary measures, referring in particular to the following guidelines: – addressing issues and practices related to the protection of the environment, health, decent work and ‘Human Rights Defenders’, also in the face of the…

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…

1. The State Duty to Protect 1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Bi and Multilateral economic relations [page 17] …Environmental, social and human rights standards should firmly underpin free-trade agreements, which should be accompanied by impact-assessment and monitoring mechanisms. The Current situation Germany supports the EU practice of agreeing on provisions designed to safeguard human…

1. The State Duty to Protect 1.1 Basic rules of economic policy Development Policy The current situation [page 19] The Federal Government has undertaken to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests and has initiated a number of development cooperation projects to assist governments of developing countries…

Pillar II baselines: Human rights as a moral and ethical obligation Scope and content of the obligation to respect human rights [page 30] For businesses, there are three dimensions to respect for human rights:… Do not contribute to violations of human rights: A business does not commit violations itself, but acts in a way that…

Pillar I: state duty to protect human rights State enterprises and companies in which the state has a shareholding Implements Principle 4 [page 26] The state owns important business assets. Although state enterprises and companies in which the state has a shareholding are autonomous legal entities, in reality their operations can be influenced significantly by…

National Action Plan – production and objectives [page 6] CSR encompasses areas such as … environmental protection, and the setting-up and running of community facilities. The concept of business and human rights, on the other hand, is rooted in the fact that certain unwelcome developments should not happen in the course of business activities per…

1. Objectives and Measures Objective 2: promoting corporate responsibility and respect in the field of business and human rights A. Implemented and on-going measures for the development of CSR in Lithuania [page 6] 1. National Strategy for Sustainable Development…The implementation of the principle of participation of enterprises and social partners provides for closer social dialogue,…