Country Popularization Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Policy Work • National and local government should implement the President’s regulations pertaining to the moratorium on the issuance of permits for palm oil plantations. • Encourage local governments to produce local regulations with human rights principles, especially because the regional government is the spearhead of the State in providing services to the rural farmers. 28 Nepal • The UNGP BHR should be widely disseminated by the government and private sector. • NHRIs and civil society should play a significant role in promoting better understanding of the UNGP BHR and in preparation of the National Action Plan. • Academe to conduct studies that would strengthen and simplify the adoption of the UNGP BHR such as: a) analyzing the gaps in existing Nepalese laws related to BHR and b) linking success of businesses to its observance of human rights. • NHRC and CSOs to be active in promoting better understanding of UNGP BHR and in drafting the NAP. • Conduct extensive dialogue with relevant State authorities and business entities to generate better understanding and more effective implementation of the UNGP BHR. • Conduct multi-stakeholder consultations to develop the National Action Plan. • Conduct workshops among stakeholders, particularly the vulnerable sectors, and understand the ways in which they have been dealing with investors and business interests. • Relevant State authorities should lead the process of developing the National Action Plan to implement UNGP BHR, with business houses participating in the efforts of the State. Philippines • Conduct workshops among vulnerable sectors on how they deal with investors/ business interests. • Academe to analyze gaps in laws related to BHR; study how to link success of business to observance of human rights. • NHRI to develop collaborative platform to minimize adversarial handling of cases. • CSOs to be involved in the discussions on the legallybinding instrument to regulate international human rights law for transnational corporations and business enterprises – sponsored by Department of Foreign Affairs. • NAP to be developed by PHRC. • Government to issue guidelines promoting land rights as human rights. • Immediate response to harm caused by mining and agri-business operations on IP lands. Upholding Land Rights amidst the Land Rush