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Outcome 4.1: Recognize RBC Best Practices New Actions [page 22] “Modernize the Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE): For 17 years the ACE has recognized the best of U.S. business conduct abroad. Until recently, the ACE focused principally on corporate philanthropy rather than a company’s efforts to ensure that its core business is…

The UK 2016 Updated NAP also makes a reference to ICT in the section discussing Actions taken [page 9]: “To give effect to the UN Guiding Principles, the Government has: (…) strengthened international rules relating to digital surveillance, including leading work in the Wassenaar Arrangement to adopt new controls on specific technologies of concern. Specifically,…

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

Annex: Measures taken [page 22] The State as actor “Internet freedom and privacy are among the great global issues of the future. It is fundamental for Sweden that the human rights that apply offline also apply online. Sweden has taken initiatives to strengthen the dialogue with business on internet freedom. As a result of a…

The Dutch NAP makes a very brief reference to the ICT and electronics sector. 3.3 Clarifying due diligence Raising companies’ awareness [page 22] “It is essential for companies to have access to all available information on due diligence. The European Commission has published human rights guidance for three business sectors: ICT companies, oil and gas…

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] 3. “The application of CRS principles to the state-owned enterprises … To this end, since 2010, actions were taken to restructure SOEs with a particular focus…

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: (…) – the need to study in depth innovative issues related to technological development and artificial intelligence – also in relation to the Declaration…

Objective 1: ensuring State’s duty to protect, defend and respect human rights A. Legislative measures [page 1] 2. “Reforming legal regulation regarding administrative liability. The aim is to regulate individual administrative liability in the Republic of Lithuania, to separate it from criminal liability, ensuring the main features of the administrative liability: simple fast-track process, preference…

III. Federal Government expectations regarding corporate due diligence in respecting human rights Reporting [page 9] “Enterprises should keep information at their disposal and communicate it, where appropriate, to external recipients in order to demonstrate that they are aware of the actual and potential impact of their corporate activity on human rights and are taking appropriate…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.2 Recommendations from the Council for CSR on the state duty to protect [page 10] “In November 2011, the Danish Council for CSR started working on recommendations to the Government on how the UNGPs on the state duty to protect could be implemented. The council finished its work…

2. The state duty to protect human rights 2.4 Planned actions Increasing the use of labour and social clauses in public contracts [page 16] “Part of the foundation of the Danish labour market model is that work performed in Denmark must be performed on Danish pay and working conditions. In this, the authorities hold an important role in ensuring…

Objective 3: ensuring access to effective remedy [page 8-11] Understanding the importance of the protection of human rights and freedoms, the Government aims for effective protection of human rights and freedoms, and effective reaction regarding offences by the law-enforcement authorities. It also aims at establishing a legal framework that would help in ensuring effective ways…

2 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights 2020-23 2.1 Pillar 1: state duty to protect   2.1.2 Operational principles: legislative and information policy measures Guiding Principles 1 to 3 Measure 2: Security and human rights Switzerland is a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights initiative and contributes to its…

Outcome 1.4: Conducting Due Diligence in U.S. Development Funding and Trade Finance New Actions “Enhancing Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Standards: OPIC and EXIM will enhance existing procedures and standards that require companies receiving their support to implement RBC principles. OPIC is reviewing its Environmental and Social…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 5: Public Contracts (page 42-44) During activities with citizens’ participation, it was repeatedly said, as highlighted by the Guiding Principles, that the State must lead by example and include human rights standards in the purchase or goods and services. Thus, the State not only integrates…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 2: Dialogue Action point 2.4 (pages 34-35) The Ministry of Energy, through the Division of Participation and Dialogue, will promote the creation of formal and stable opportunities for dialogue between businesses and communities in areas where they expect to install energy projects. To ensure the…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 3: Inclusion and Non-Discrimination Action Point 3.1 (pages 35-36) The Ministry of Labour will: Perform a series of actions aimed at the protection and defence of human and labour rights of migrants through: The identification of migrants that may benefit from State programmes on labour…

Pillar 3: Access to Redress Mechanisms Strand 1: State-Based Judicial Mechanisms (page 58-59) Judicial mechanisms must be accessible, affordable and effective to ensure access to remedy. This requires guaranteeing the availability of the necessary proper resources and information enabling all people and groups to demand the respect for their rights before all existing relevant bodies….

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action Point 1.5 (pages 31-32) 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…

Pillar 1: The State Duty to Protect Human Rights Strand 1: Training in the Field of Business and Human Rights Action point 1.1 (page 30) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will: … DIRECON [the General Directorate of International Economic Relations] will raise awareness and further knowledge of relevant international instruments and their link with the…