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Business and Human Rights: What? Why? Issues?
Respect for human rights as the cornerstone of SDG contribution
Emil Lindblad KernellDanish Institute for Human Rights
23 October 2018
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DANISH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
• National Human Rights Institution
• Established by Parliament in 1987
• 120+ staff
• International mandate
• Work in +30 countries
• Works with governments, civil society and businesses
• Human Rights and Business since 1999
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OUTLINE OFPRESENTATION
❖ What is business and human rights?
❖ Why is it relevant?
❖ How does it relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?
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WHAT IS BUSINESS
AND HUMAN
RIGHTS?
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UNGP PILLAR II: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE
UNGP 11: Business enterprises should respect human rights
Companies should:• avoid infringing on the human rights of others, and • address adverse human rights impacts • with which they are involved
A companies involvement concerns:• causing negative impacts• contributing to negative impacts, and• being directly linked to negative impacts
➢ UNGP 12: The responsibility of business enterprises to respect human rights refers to internationally recognized human rights
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THE HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF DUTY-BEARERS
States
PROTECT FULFILLRESPECT
Don’t let others
discriminate
Don’tdiscriminate
Allocate resourcesto ending
discrimination
Businesses
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HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE
Policy commitment to human rights
Assessing impacts
Tracking & monitoring
Integration & acting upon findings
Communicatingand reporting
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
&ACCESS TO
REMEDY
Process of continuous improvement
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THE NEED FOR BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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DEVELOPMENTS IN BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
• National governments• EU• OECD• Intern. Financial Institutions• Industry Associations• Individual businesses• Hybrid governance standards• Civil Society Organisations• Technical standards
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SDGS & BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
• The SDGs “seek realize the human rights of all”
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) feature in the 2030 Agenda
• The UNGPs “set the tone for the social components of the SDGs to which business is expected to contribute”
• The UNGPs are “the global authoritative standard, providing a blueprint for the steps all states and businesses should take to uphold human rights”
• 92% of 169 SDG targets have linkages to HR instruments
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OPPORTUNITIES
RISKS
BUSINESS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
THE SDGS
Difficulty to
navigate multiple
frameworks
Businesses wanting to
be part of a
transformative agenda
False dichotomy: “do
no harm” vs. “do
good”
SDG “Cherry-
picking” /
washing
2030 Agenda and
the SDGs provide
motivation and
sense of urgency
UNGPs as the
cornerstone for
engagement with
the SDGs
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Reminders• Companies are responsible for all human rights• Companies cannot offset negative human rights impacts• All companies are concerned
Companies must:• Put respect for human rights at the heart of how business
gets done• Be transparent and be accountable, and• Engage in collaborative initiatives to tackle systemic
challenges
➢ Current DIHR project
A PROPOSED WAY FORWARD
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• Conduct human rights due diligence, and identify salient human rights issues
• Address the identified issues
• …and in doing so, companies can in a sustainable way contribute to the SDGs
RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CONDUCT IMPLIES CONTRIBUTION TO THE SDGS
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Business, Human Rights and the Sustainable
Development Goals
Emil Lindblad KernellDanish Institute for Human Rights
23 October 2018