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Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: critical reflections on its implementation and perspectives
Published 2016-11-30
Keywords
- Guinding Principles,
- Business and Human Rights,
- Effetive resources and reparations,
- Human Rights abuses,
- United Nations
How to Cite
López-Hurtado, C. (2016). Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: critical reflections on its implementation and perspectives. Homa Publica - Revista Internacional De Derechos Humanos Y Empresas, 1(1), e:002. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30421
Abstract
Five years after the adoption of the Guiding Principles on business and human rights, it is necessary to attempt an assessment of the discourse and practice of States and other actors may seem too early to do so. The Guiding Principles aim to operate a paradigm shift in the performance of companies and how other actors work with companies, privileging multi-stakeholder perspectives and relegating the role of the state. The evidence available to date does not confirm that this is happening. The emphasis on the implementation of the Guiding Principles has focused on political support statements and more recently in measuring progress in implementation. In the past two years, a series of social and political events (including the opening of an intergovernmental process towards an international treaty on business and human rights) have pushed attention to the issue of legal ownership of the company in cases of abuse and access by victims to effective remedy and reparation.
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