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III. Areas of Actions and Measures Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Operational Principles [page 20] Guiding Principle 9 Measures The Government will promote the inclusion of references to the respect of human rights in agreements on trade, investment or other related business activities signed by Spain that affect the scope of…

III. Areas of Actions and Measures Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Operational Principles [pages 17-18] Guiding Principle 4 In this context, it should be recalled that Spain supports the OECD Council Recommendation on common approaches for export credits which benefit from official support and social and environmental due diligence. Measures Within…

III. Areas of Actions and Measures Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Foundational Principles [pages 10-15] Guiding Principle 2 The State expects from Spanish companies, in Spain and abroad, a behavior consistent with its responsibility to respect human rights, which implies that they must act with due diligence, depending on their size…

5.8 Pillar 3: access to remedy  5.8.2 Operational principles: state judicial mechanisms [pages 36-38] Guiding Principle 26  The UNGP describe practical and procedural obstacles as court costs, lawyers’ fees, the lack of opportunity for representative proceedings, or a lack of resources, specialist knowledge and support on the part of public prosecutors. These barriers can make…

3. Access to remedy Legal remedies provided by the State [page 15] According to the UN Guiding Principles, States have an obligation to provide effective remedies when a company has committed human rights abuses. These include both judicial and non-judicial mechanisms. The legal remedies available in the Swedish legal system are in line with the…

1. State Duty to Protect Swedish legislation to protect human rights [page 10] Disputes concerning the relationship between employer and employee are often resolved in the Labour Court, which is a specialised court for examining labour law disputes. The Labour Disputes (Judicial Procedure) Act (1974:371) contains certain special regulations on labour law disputes. 3. Access…

3. Access to remedy Legal remedies provided by the State [page 27] (…) The different ombudsmen monitor compliance with human rights. Any person who feels that they or anyone else has been treated incorr-ectly or unfairly by a public authority or official at a central or local government authority can lodge a complaint with the…

Pillar III. Access to Remedy  Extrajudicial non-state resources [pages 42-43]  The Czech Republic acknowledges the benefits and advantages of alternative dispute resolution. Alternative dispute resolution is often faster, cheaper, less formal and more accessible to the parties. As the parties to a dispute are apt to accept an amicable solution better than an authoritative ruling,…

Pillar III. Access to Remedy Extrajudicial state resources [pages 42-43] Other state bodies may also provide means of redress. These include both subsequent and preventive means. Provisional protection permits various activities that may constitute a risk, in particular industrial operations with a major impact on the surrounding area. The public is entitled to participate in…

Pillar III. Access to Remedy Judicial resources [pages 41-42]  Although there are no fundamental legal obstacles in access to the courts in the Czech Republic, numerous de facto obstructions do exist here. The World Bank’s Doing Business project rates the organisation of the courts and the quality of decision-making in the Czech Republic very highly,…

Pillar III. Access to Remedy Representation in court, legal assistance [pages 44-46] Judicial proceedings assessing matters of business and human rights can often be very complex and convoluted. Furthermore, the victims in these disputes tend to be the economically or de facto weaker party (consumers, employees members of minorities, etc.) unable to afford decent legal…

Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect  Removing the effects of loss or damage [pages 36-37] The Government of the Czech Republic recommends that businesses who, even if only hypothetically, could encounter human rights risk should have procedures in place in case their operations cause human rights loss. The aim should be to find a…

Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Non-financial reporting [pages 21-22] Implements Principle 3d Reporting on the activities of large companies works to the benefit not only of business partners and shareholders, but also other stakeholders. With this in mind, companies are increasingly reporting not only on their financial position, but so on the non-financial…

Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Due Diligence [pages 35-36] The Government of the Czech Republic recommends that businesses consider introducing an internal due diligence mechanism to spot and eliminate human rights risks, or incorporate human rights risks – as another evaluation criterion – into their existing due diligence mechanisms. The term “due diligence”…

Pillar II. The Corporate Responsibility to Respect  Commitment [pages 32-34] A business faced with risks of human rights violations in its operations should make it publicly clear, in the first place, that it is aware of those risks and is ready to tackle them. This respect for human rights is expressed outwardly by a publicly…

Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect and dissemination of existing documents, education and awareness-raising [pages 9-11] GP 2, 3c and 8 Increasing attention is paid to the theme of business and human rights in recent years. Many countries, international organisations and universities have produced numerous documents, model professional and theme-based codes of conduct, examples…

Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Trade in military equipment [pages 18-20] Implements Principles 5, 6 and 7 Trade in military equipment is one of the riskier sectors from the perspective of human rights. While the manufacture of military equipment and arms is a traditional segment of Czech industry, these are goods that are…

Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect Supply chain and conflict minerals [pages 21-22] Implements Principles 6 and 7 Increasing attention is being paid to safety conditions at work (e.g. the use of slave and child labour in mining). Risks of this type are particularly serious in areas plagued by armed conflict, which can be…

Pillar I. state duty to protect Protection of social service clients [pages 15-16] Implements Principle 5 States often delegate the performance of some of their tasks to private entities, though this does not relieve them of their human rights commitments. In fact, they must find ways of meeting their human rights duties even in these…

Pillar I. The State Duty to Protect State aid, guarantees and subsidies [pages 24-27] Implements Principles 4 and 7 The Czech Republic supports exporters via the export bank Česká exportní banka, a.s. (CEB) and the export guarantee and insurance corporation Exportní garanční a pojišťovací společnost, a.s. (EGAP). The state has a duty to make sure…