Memorandum for the Petitioners |128 and should address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved.©! 8.162. Principle 11 of the UNGPs affirms the already established responsibility of business enterprises to respect people’s human rights. The practical implications of the UNGP are set out in the Operational Principles of the UNGP and include: 1. Committing at the highest level to respect human rights; 2. Undertaking human rights due diligence to identify and avoid potential adverse impacts (“knowing and showing”); and 3. Providing remedy in the event of adverse harm.°? 8.163.More specifically, business enterprises must: 1. Assess the potential impact of their products and activities on human rights; 2. Putin place measures to prevent negative impacts; 3. Make these findings and prevention measures public; and 4. Take measures to remedy human rights abuse that they cause or contribute by themselves or with others in a mechanism that is accessible, predictable, transparent, equitable, human rights compatible and legitimate.™ 8.164. Principle 12 of the UNGPs states that the rights that must be respected by all businesses include, at minimum, the rights recognized in the International Bill of Rights (i.e., UDHR, ICCPR, and ICESCR) and the principles concerning fundamental rights set out in the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. 8.165.Under Principle 13 of the UNGPs, business enterprises must avoid causing adverse human rights harm through climate change or contributing to such adverse human rights harms. They must also seek to prevent or mitigate such adverse human rights harms when their operations 61 See Principle 11 UNGP, supra note 583; Addo, M., supra note 590, p. 5. 602 See Principle 11 UNGP, supra note 583; Addo, M., supra note 590, p. 5. 63 Operational Principles of the Guiding Principles, cited in Addo, M., supra note 590, p. 5. 64 Principle 12 UNGP, supra note 583; Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae, supra note 50, p. 64.

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