June 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the globally recognised and authoritative framework for State duties and business responsibilities in preventing and addressing business-related human rights abuse. It is time to take stock on what has worked and what hasn't and what needs to change in order to more effectively promote the state duty to protect human rights, the business responsibility to promote as well as access to remedy.
As part of the United Nations Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights, IHRB's Salil Tripathi offers responses to questions including: In how far have the UN Guiding Principles changed state and business practice in the Asian region? What are some specific examples of implementing the UNGPs in the region from companies (including SMEs)? What are specific examples from state actions that promote and incentivize the uptake of UNGP by business? What are the main challenges in the implementation of the UNGPs in Asia? What drivers (markets’, investors’ and public policy signals) are key to accelerate the implementation of UNGP by all type of business? What actions are needed to promote the better implementation of the UNGPs?
Featuring
- Tomoko Hasegawa, Keidanren
- Michael Niu - China Enterprise Confederation
- Dante Pesce - PUCV (Chile)
- Salil Tripathi - Institute for Human Rights and Business
- Greg Chen - Outsource Indonesia
- Matthias Thorns - International Organisation of Employers
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