Encouraging ICC Regional Networks and individual NHRIs to consider the
practical functions they can fulfil in promoting enhanced protection against
corporate-related human rights abuse, greater accountability and respect for
human rights by business actors, access to justice for victims and establishing
multi-stakeholder approaches including but not limited to the following
initiatives:
A . Promotion/Education/Research
I. Undertaking workshops on business and human rights in each ICC
Region, in coordination with the ICC Working Group on Business and
Human Rights and
OHCHR inviting participation from relevant
stakeholders, including regional stakeholders from government, labour,
business and NGOs;
II. Engaging with their respective governments to promote a greater
awareness of the impact of business enterprises on the realisation of
human rights, and the relevant State obligations with regard to the
promotion and protection of human rights in their own jurisdiction and
extra-territorially;
III. Advocating and advising governments to introduce or strengthen and
implement national legislation and regulations that meet international
best practice in the prevention of human rights violations by business
corporations including labour rights;
IV. Providing guidance to business on how to integrate human rights into
their every day business to translate human rights principles and into a
language that business can relate to, fostering corporate cultures
respectful of human rights;
V. Conducting research to assess the impacts of business operations on
the realization human rights of communities;
VI. Creating a database, newsletter, web page to share best practices
between all NHRIs on promotion, monitoring cases and other areas;
VII. Enhancing the capacity of NHRIs in dealing with business and human
rights issues, through training and exchange visits;
VIII. Facilitating dialogue between government, corporations and other
business enterprises and civil society, including human rights
defenders and trade unions on the above issues;
B. Monitoring
I. Monitoring and documenting violations of human rights by corporations
operating or registered under the domestic jurisdiction;
II. Examining the conditions of access to justice for all, including through
conducting public enquiries, with particular reference to indigent,
vulnerable and marginalised groups, affected by the business
corporations and the private sector,
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