Guiding Principle 24
Where it is necessary to prioritize actions to address actual and potential adverse human rights impacts, business enterprises should first seek to prevent and mitigate those that are most severe or where delayed response would make them irremediable.
Commentary
While business enterprises should address all their adverse human rights impacts, it may not always be possible to address them simultaneously. In the absence of specific legal guidance, if prioritization is necessary business enterprises should begin with those human rights impacts that would be most severe, recognizing that a delayed response may affect remediability. Severity is not an absolute concept in this context, but is relative to the other human rights impacts the business enterprise has identified.
What National Action Plans say on Guiding Principle 24
The NAP does not refer to the matter of salient issues.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Chile"]The Chilean NAP does not make an explicit reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Colombia"]The Colombian NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Czechia"]The Czech NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Denmark"]The Danish NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Finland"]Finland’s NAP makes no reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="France"]The French NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Germany"]The German NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Ireland"]The Irish NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Italy"]Italy’s NAP does not contain a reference to UNGP 24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Lithuania"]The Lithuanian NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Netherlands"]The Dutch NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Norway"]3.5 Compliance with legislation [page 36]
Giving priority to monitoring of risk and actual adverse human rights impacts
The most important principle here is that the company should explain the reasons for its priorities.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Poland"]The Polish NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Spain"]The Spanish NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Sweden"]The Swedish NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="Switzerland"]The Swiss NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="United Kingdom"]The UK 2013 NAP
The UK 2013 NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
The UK 2016 updated NAP
The UK 2016 updated NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
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[/accordion-item] [accordion-item title="United States"]The US NAP does not contain a reference to GP24.
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