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I- The State’s Obligation to Protect Human Rights The International Framework 3. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) [page 14] The French National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines is a mediation body that aims to resolve conflicts while promoting and applying [the OECD guidelines for Multinational Enterprises]. Although the measures it…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.3 Actions taken Protection of Human Rights through State Regulation and Policy [page 13] “Together with more than 40 countries Denmark adheres to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are the only multilaterally agreed and comprehensive code of responsible business…

Action point 4 Promote existing qualitative initiatives on human rights and social responsibility Promouvoir les initiatives qualitatives existantes relatives aux droits de l’Homme et à la responsabilité sociétale The federal government explains that as part of the promotion of the application of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the OECD NCP organized a seminar in…

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar I: The state’s duty to protect human rights 2. Public procurement [page 17-18]: On 28 July 2016, an amendment to the Public Procurement Law (PPL) came into force, introducing a number of changes related to the implementation of new EU directives in the field of public procurement in the Polish…

Introduction Organization of the NAP [page 6] “… the Obama Administration continues to take important steps to strengthen procurement rules to ensure federal purchasing practices reflect U.S. values.” Outcome 1.3: Leverage U.S. Government Purchasing Power to Promote High Standards New Actions [page 10-11] “SFTool Social Sustainability Procurement Best Practices: Through the Sustainable Facilities (SF)Tool, the…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   2.1.3 The State-business nexus Guiding Principles 4 to 5 Given the federal government’s direct influence on the activities of federal government-associated businesses, it has a particular obligation to ensure that these companies respect human rights, for example…

Annex: Measures planned [page 27-28] Regulations and legislation “The EU has adopted new procurement directives: a Directive on public procurement, a Directive on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, and a Directive on the award of concession contracts. The recitals of the Directives expressly state that the contracting…

2. Current policy [page 9] “In its letter ‘CSR Pays Off’ the government identifies its tasks in relation to ICSR. They are: … to set a good example – by pursuing sustainable procurement policies, for instance.” 3.2 Policy coherence [page 17-18] Sustainable procurement policy “Under the social conditions of national sustainable procurement policy, companies supplying…

IV. Italian ongoing activities and future commitments Environment “The Ministry for Ecological Transition is in charge for monitoring implementation of legislative decrees enforcing the ‘Circular Economy Package’ and preparation of corrective decrees; National Action Plan for the environmental sustainability of consumption in the Public Administration will be defined to maximize green public procurement (…)” (p….

The German NAP includes a specific section on public procurement. 1.2 Public procurement [page 21-22] “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…

Abstract “Key aims for the action plan are the legislative report, definition of the due diligence obligation, and the application of social criteria in public procurement.” Government covering note on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights National Action Plan “Key aims for the action plan are the legislative report, definition of the…

The UK 2016 NAP refers to security sector in the section devoted to Actions Taken [page 9]: “To give effect to the UN Guiding Principles, the Government has: (…) in March 2015 the Government concluded its chairmanship of the Voluntary Principles Initiative. During our chairmanship we worked to raise awareness of the VPI in priority…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   Guiding Principles 1 to 3 2.1.2 Operational principles: legislative and information policy measures Measure 1: Rules on the export of war material and technologies for internet surveillance The manufacture, brokerage, export and transit of war material for…

2017-2020 NATIONAL ACTION PLAN Pillar II: The corporate responsibility to respect human rights 1. Implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (2030 Agenda] [page 29]: Key to ensuring success in achieving the Strategic Development Goals is their alignment with business strategies, promotion of a circular economy —environmentally friendly circulation of closed and sustainable value chains—by…

Outcome 1.1: Promoting RBC Globally Ongoing Commitments and Initiatives [page 8] “Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): … The U.S. government is also actively engaged in the Business Ethics for APEC Small and Medium Enterprise Initiative, the world’s largest collective action mechanism to strengthen ethical business practices in the medical device, biopharmaceutical, and construction and engineering sectors.”…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.2 Pillar 2: the corporate responsibility to respect human rights   2.2.1 Foundational principles Guiding Principles 11 to 15 SMEs [Small and medium enterprises] are particularly important in Switzerland because they are a major part of the country’s economic fabric. Given their limited human resources…

3.3 Clarifying due diligence Raising companies’ awareness [page 22-23] “As an earlier study showed, SMEs operating internationally mainly need practical information [Good Company (2010). Evaluation of the NCP’s promotional tasks 2007-2010. Parliamentary Papers 26 485, no. 101.]. … The European Commission has also published a guide for SMEs and has developed a number of case…

The German NAP includes multiple reference to SMEs. III. Federal Government expectations regarding corporate due diligence in respecting human rights [page 8-13] Scope and practical structuring of due diligence in the field of human rights  “The responsibility to exercise due diligence applies in principle to all enterprises, regardless of their size, the sector in which they…

3 Expectations towards companies and support services 3.3 Training and counselling [page 27] “… compared to large companies, SMEs have limited resources for acquiring training related to human rights. For this reason, it is important to provide targeted training for SMEs.” As a follow-up measure, the working group proposes that … • training related to…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.3 Actions taken Danish Government’s expectations to companies [page 11] “… at Danish embassies in emerging markets, the Trade Council in co-operation with the Danish Business Authority holds workshops in responsible supply chain management, especially focusing on small and mediumsized companies and their local business partners (GP 3c). The courses are held…