Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human RightsJohn Ruggie, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises releases the results of his research for framework for business and Human Rights:
Responding to the invitation by the Human Rights Council for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises to submit his views and recommendations for its consideration, this report presents a conceptual and policy framework to anchor the business and human rights debate, and to help guide all relevant actors.
The framework comprises three core principles: the State duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business; the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and the need for more effective access to remedies.
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