.··-··-·- =- I •-=" _, ··---:,.,.-~-'"'"'....._,. __ ==-~--e:-::==!·~=.:::==::-.=.-~- ~--~=::::1::1- - - " .. -~ ,....,-....,-,.,..===,==.:"'-'=t.:.:e~~--··- ··===-='-'"=~'"==.,,...===~~·==~~-=-==-~=,_..===-~--- Developing a Methodology and Framework for Analysis In general, this research provides a baseline situationer of Philippine agriculture as a sector from the lens of human rights standards and contributes to the efforts of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines in developing a framework for the national action plan on business and human rights, taking into account its diverse experience as a national human rights institution in protecting and promoting human rights. Significantly, it was observed during the 4t1t Regional Meeting on Human Rights and Agribusiness held last November 4-6, 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar, that "in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, efforts are being made to develop national action plans on the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. "17 The first official endorsement for states to develop and adopt this national action plan was made by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights in its March 14, 2013 report18 to the Human Rights Council. It recommended that states, when implementing the thirty-one Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (GPs on B&HR)/9 "consider elaborating a national plan of action on implementation to define responsibilities at the national level, identify resource requirements and mobilize relevant actors, building on lessons learned from such experiences in other countries." The GPs on B&HR is the realization of the world's vision to create a global human rights standards for businesses, primarily through the efforts of then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In 2005, he appointed Professor John Ruggie as special representative for B&HR, who is now credited for crafting the GPs, expounding on the Protect-Respect-Remedy Framework as illustrated in Figure 2: 20 .. __________ ------ =:=J ... ~~~i.::.i,,:,..~....:-.:. ;...;.;,.,;,:~:.o..-,~.li.i;.;.:..;.~J~;.,:i,.~~.,_:._~:,;:;.;.::;.~.,;:.:..·,;;,;;;.·,,..:,:,.i~.;.,.._..:.:-;.;;,.,.~L;.~~-k.~-~:. ;;;;:~,;;,,;;J.;.;.(:,.~;,;;;..,,,'•. ..:..;..<:~;: ";'-';l!::.,.:..,.,:::i4..,.;..,:·;:·,_:;,~~:...:.:..;.,..._:,-;..;.~::,.\.;,,-~_;~~";:,;..;,~;...;_::~>~~•;:.~·.l;;;..:.:,..:,.:.·;~,~~;-;., ,:.;;,:,.~:..<:...;,;,..;;"·,·.;.,;.;..:;.::.~~""-:.:..'""""""-":-.~·.;.c.;;;,..:~i...::.l:.,:.c;, ...... ,~~'·L:.:~..l..:...._;..;.,_;_ ----~~---A·--~~··--- P11ar nt: Acc.ess to remedy · - - ~~::::::.1 lli~22:10;2;~z02.2~22t::...:£il Prmciples I · ·. ·· 4 diree'*1 et States" Pnnetples.- dimcted at busmess enterpnses • Pfjnc~ 30 and 31 afe dfrected at bOltJ, States and bUsiness emerprtses 17 Yangon Statement on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia (Nov. 6, 2014) http://www.forestpeoples.org/sites/fup/files/news/2014/11Nangon%20Statement%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and %20Agribusiness%20in%20Southeast%20Asia.pdf (accessed Oct. 6, 2016)- attached as Annex "B" herewith 18 Report (AJHRC/23/32) of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business emerprises (March 14, 2013) http://www.ohchr.org/Documents!HRBodies/HRCounciVRegularSession/Session23/A-HRC-23-32 en. pdf (accessed October 6, 2016) 19 Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework (HR/PUB/11/04) htt;p://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR EN.pdf (accessed Oct. 6, 2016) 20 Guidance on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights (Dec. 2014) http://www.ohchr.org/Documents!Issues/Business!UNWG %20NAPGuidance.pdf (accessed Oct. 6, 2016) 7