Guidelines for MNEs › Themes › Human rights
Enterprises can have an impact on virtually the entire spectrum of internationally recognised human rights. As such, it is important that they meet their responsibilities. This chapter, introduced during the 2011 update, draws on and is aligned with the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework and the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights that operationalise that framework.
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GUIDANCE AND TOOLS
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
UK Business and Human Rights Toolkit
UN Framework on Business and Human Rights
UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights
UN Global Compact - tools and guidance material on business and human rights
The Corporate Responsiblity to Respect Human Rights - an interpretive guide
PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS
Amnesty International's Human rights principles for companies
Human rights compliance assessment
UN Convention on the rights of a child
UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
UN International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
UN Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
UN International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance
UN Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
UN Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
UN International Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families
UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
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Enterprises can have an impact on virtually the entire spectrum of internationally recognised human rights. As such, it is important that they meet their responsibilities.